Comprising one vase inset with two lobed panels, one depicting different species of insects including an aburazemi (large brown cicada), a tonbo (dragonfly), a batta (locust) and butterflies, the other with three overlapping fans enclosing seasonal flowers, bird-and-flower scenes and takaramono (treasures associated with the Seven Gods of Good Fortune) on a blue ground worked in gilt wire with an overall design of butterflies hovering over stylized cherry-blossom heads, the neck with foliate motifs, the en-suite lid with cherry blossoms enclosed within a nonagon, signed on the base in iron red Nihon Kyoto Kinkozan tsukuru, ; the second a rounded rectangular tea caddy with shaped panels enclosing stylised flowers on one side and different stylised flowers and foliage on the other, worked in gilt on a blue ground, signed on the inside of the lid with an illegible impressed seal, (5).