The ishime body inset with four lobed panels worked in gold, bronze and shakudo relief inlay, each panel decorated with a different scene consisting of a moonlit scene with ominaeshi (valerian) bending gently in the breeze, the poet Ariwara no Narihira on horseback accompanied by his retinue riding past hagi (bush clover) growing beside a river, the third with a lotus pond and the fourth depicting a solitary bird perched on flowering branch, the cover inlaid with stylised chrysanthemums and surmounted with a finial in the form of a hen and chick in a shallow basket, all raised on four tall legs in the form of elaborately tied tassels and fixed on a detachable octagonal wood stand lacquered in gold takamaki-e with a phoenix or dragon in flight amidst scrolling karakusa ('Chinese grasses'); signed Miyao zo within a gold rectangular cartouche. (3).