YŪSA CHŪZŌ (ACTIVE 1830-1840) A Gold Lacquer Inlaid Suzuribako (Writing Box) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryProperty of another ownerYŪSA CHŪZŌ (ACTIVE 1830-1840)A Gold Lacquer Inlaid Suzuribako (Writing Box) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular box with a kabusebuta (overhanging lid) decorated in several shades of gold lacquer and inlays of iridescent shell and pewter and accents of hirame with a Rinpa-style maple tree by a swirling stream, the interior decorated with autumn flowers and grasses in gold hiramaki-e and togidashi maki-e on a black ground highlighted with hirame, signed on the interior Yūsa tsukuru and with the artist's kao, the removable tray supporting an ink-grinding stone and a silver rectangular water dropper, with a paper knife and two writing brushes decorated with scattered maple leaves in gold and brown hiramaki-e and applied gold foil on a kinji ground sprinkled with hirame (4)For this artist, see E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inrō Artists, Harehope, Northumberland, 1995, p. 44.