A JAPANESE GOLD AND SHAKUDO BOX MADE FROM SWORD FURNITURE

PLEASE NOTE THE BOX IS GILDED AND NOT SOLID GOLD.
A JAPANESE SHAKUDO BOX MADE FROM SWORD FURNITURE
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Made up of a fuchi and kashira, decorated with scenes from the Tale of the Heike, with Kagesue riding his black horse Surusumi and his rival Takatsuna riding Ikezuki, one armour-clad samurai crossing the Uji river on the kashira and riding by the shore on the fuchi, signed Sobaiken and with kao, 3.9cm. (2)