Of lenticular form, showing a “ro-iro” ground with scattered gold powder, decorated with five birds in gold “takamaki-e”, fourof which inlaid of “aogai”, drifted by the soft stream of the river among the reeds. The scene almost celestial creates a low movement from top to the bottom rythmed by their posture. The interior in “nashiji” , the “ojime” in glass, the ”netsuke” of type “kagamibuta” with an ivory bowl and a “shakudo” plate in the shape of a partially eaten lotus leaf inlaid in “iro-e takazogan”, copper and “shibuichi”, with its flower, a frog and a terrapin. The “inro” signed “Koryu”.
Lazarwick noted this artist was probably the same as “Koma Koryu”. But according to “Edward Wrangham” the artist was cited as being a member of the “Kakosai Shozan” group…
The “shakudo” is a gold and copper alloy, which the proportion of gold fluctuates between 3 to 20%, its colour changing from a dark brown to a blue-tinted black.