A fine lacquer four-case Inro, Edo period, early 19th century, by Hasegawa Shigeyoshi I or II, bearing a kinji ground and decorated with the rare motif of a long tailed bird of paradise on cherry blossom in takamakie and hiramakie, the reverse sparsely decorated with flying sparrows and blossom, the interior risers in nashiji, signed Hasegawa Shigeyoshi saku with red pot seal hashira, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: Purchased Barry Davies Oriental Art, 1988