SHIBAYAMA STYLEA Shibayama-Inlaid Gold-Lacquer Four-CaseInroMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe uprightkinji body decorated in Shibayama style with a Chinese vase brimming over with peonies, chrysanthemums, and bush clover, petals strewn around the ground on one side and leafy sprigs ofshukaido (hardy begonia) on the reverse, the interior of richnashiji,unsigned; with a gold-lacqueredojime and mixed-metal inlaid circular netsuke, carved with a coiled dragon;unsigned.6.8cm (2 5/8in) high.