### **A three case Shibayama inro**


**Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan**

**Height: 9.7 cm, 3.82 inches; Height of netsuke: 5.8 cm 2.28 inches**

In the form of a covered jar decorated in iroe-hiramaki-e and inlaid with carved and stained ivory and mother of pearl on a polished gold ground. The design depicts a man wrestling with the Bunbuku-chagama (badger teakettle) on one side, the reverse with two men rushing to his aid. The interior in nashiji.

Attached is a wood and ivory netsuke depicting the legend of Okuninushi no Mikoto, the Shinto deity, God of Mariners, killing a cockerel, signed Miwa.