By Kagetoshi, 19th centuryEach side of the vertical rectangular body with a panel within a beaded border, carved in high relief with elaborate designs of figures walking up winding rocky mountain paths towards the precincts of castles, set among trees, the cord runners, top and base delicately carved and deeply undercut with scrolling foliage and karakusa (Chinese grasses), signed in a rectangular reserve Kagetoshi; with a coral ojime. 11.3cm (4 3/8in) high.