A mid 19th century Japanese eight case inro from Edo period. Signed on the base. In carved ivory depicting a popular music allegory with animals and ,ythological beings playing instruments on a background decorated with bamboo canes. With an ojime in carved and lacquered wood and a frog shaped netsuke in carved hardstone, 11x8,50x1,50 cm. (inro measurements). With an expert's report issued by the Spanish Federation of Antique dealers attached.