YAMADA JŌKASAI LINEAGE A Black Lacquer Four-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryProperty of various ownersYAMADA JŌKASAI LINEAGEA Black Lacquer Four-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular profile with applied cord-runners, decorated in gold and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer, gold foil, and shell against black roiro lacquer with auspicious imagery of a male and female hō-ō bird and a kiri (paulownia) tree, the interiors gold nashiji, the rims gold fundame, signed on the base Jōka saku and sealed Jōka 3 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 1in (9.2 x 8.5 x 2.4cm) None