Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Decorated in delicate chinkinbori with cranes flying among swirling clouds, the interior of the box lacquered in roiro-nuri with clouds in usu-nashiji, inlaid in silver, the interior of the cover with a firefly decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and aogai hovering over wild flowers and lacquered with stands of bamboo beside a meandering stream, in gold togidashi maki-e, fitted with an ink stone and a gilt-bronze suiteki (water dropper) in the form of a butterfly, signed in a rectangular reserve in red lacquer Shiomi Masanari With a wood tomobako storage box 8 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 1 5/8in (21 x 19.8 x 4cm)