A large four-case gold lacquer inro, decorated in takamakie and metal inlay with the Emperor Takakura and the young courtier Minamoto no Nakakuni at the village of Sagano, trying to find the lady Kogo no Tsubone. The details in kirigane and mother-of-pearl. The interior of gyobu.  With an ivory kagamibuta netsuke of a rakan and a jade ojime.
Signed Jokasai
Kogo no Tsubone, a court lady who excelled at playing the koto and a favourite of the Emperor Takakura of the 12th century, was hated by the Empress and exiled from the palace.  For three years, the Emperor searched for her without success.  A young courtier, Minamoto no Nakakuni who was a poet and excellent musician, discovered the lady in a house in the village of Sagano through the sounds of her koto.

源仲国嵯峨野図金工象嵌蒔絵印籠　銘　常可斎