By Shingo, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryBearing a rich kinji ground, lacquered and inlaid with three temple servants, one cowering in fear and the other two falling down in their flight from a spider's web, in which Raijin is trapped, his drums above and a large spider hanging on its web from a tree trunk, details in gold takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e, the inlay of mother-of-pearl with slight details of ivory, the interior of nashiji; signed on a red lacquer tablet Shingo. 9.8cm (3 7/8in) high.