SIGNED YOYUSAI AND KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), A three-case lacquer inro

A three-case lacquer inro
Signed Yoyusai and kao (cursive monogram), Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in gold, silver and polychrome lacquer hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with Fudo Myo-o (Acala) holding a sword against a flame on one side and attendants on the other side, all against on a red ground, the interior with fundame, with a carved wood netsuke of a tiger signed Masayoshi and glass ojime
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long

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In Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism, Fudo is the most powerful of the five Myo-o (Bright Kings), fierce forms of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, representing their power against evil. The five were worshipped as a group in Japan from at least the 9th century. Single images of Fudo were also worshipped as the main icon of a Goma-do hall within the precincts of a Shingon temple.