36. * SOMADA SCHOOL A Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The rounded rectangular noiro-ruri ground inlaid in shell, gold, and silver foil with Daikoku on one side standing beneath a shimenawa (sacred rope) leaning over a wood bucket filled with tama (jewels) and picking one out, two rats scampering in front, a treasure sack resting beside a young pine sapling on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, unsigned, with a Somada inlaid ojime and a wood netsuke in the form of Hotei carrying his sack; unsigned 9,5cm high