Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early/mid-20th century Comprising: the first a wood three-case inro of upright form, one side depicting a rabbit dressed in a haori (jacket) pounding mochi, its young watching, the other side with another rabbit carrying a basket, the rabbits inlaid in ivory, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) high, with a wood netsuke of a seated plump rabbit, its eyes inlaid, unsigned, 3.4cm (1 5/16in) long; the second a three-case inro of water buffalo horn, with gold-incised decoration of tiger-lilies and anthurium in vases, unsigned, 6.8cm (2 11/16in); the third a wood single-case inro carved in the shape of an ear of corn, a snail slithering toward the revealed cob, a beetle resting near the tip, signed in a circular shell tablet Nissho, the netsuke in the form of a snail and its young, the eyes of the snails and beetle inlaid, unsigned, 10cm (3 15/16in) high; the paper knife with a long blunt blade, handle carved with an oni (demon) crouching on top of a rocky outcrop, gripping a fan in its right hand, with an apprehensive expression while a monkey clambers up the rocks reaching towards the oni, the neck with a band of pewter, stamped HA, a crown, a lion, and lowercase a, overall 34.1cm (13 3/8in) long. (4).