Q165.  Large shakudo menuki.  These are 5.1 and 5.5 cm long (unusually large, see my last picture with a penny for scale).  Deep black shakudo shishi in mint condition, in a better quality fitted box with pillow and with also a paper from the NTHK, dated 2010.  In with the paper is a partial translation: Menuki.  Kyo Kanagu-shi saku.  Shakudo material, deign of shishi, Takabori work, early Edo period.  This set is impressive; you won’t be disappointed.  $575.