Antique EDO Era Japanese Carved Inro Box Netsuke & ID Value Guide Book RARE Set

RECTANGLE SHAPED INRO BOX CONTAINS 4 CASES AND MEASURES 2.25" TALL BY 2" WIDE AND FEATURES WHAT APPEARS TO BE AGED LACQUER AND GOLD MAKIE DETAILING. THERE IS A SMALL MICRO DETAILED BUDDAH CARVED HEIDAO NUT BEAD OJIME THAT MEASURES 1.5" TALL BY .75" WIDE. THERE IS A SMALL CRACK GOING OVER THE BELLY BUT BEAD ITSELF IS STILL INTACT. THE INRO HANDBOOK BY RAYMOND BUSHELL FEATURES THE STUDIES OF NETSUKE, INRO AND LACQUER. IT INCLUDES FULL COLOR PICTURES OF VARIOUS INROS, OJIMES, NETSUKES AND MAKER'S SIGNATURES FOR IDENTIFICATION. IT IS HARD SHELL WITH DUST COVER AND VIRTUALLY BRAND NEW. BINDING IS PERFECT, NO DAMAGE, MARKINGS, BENDS, RIPS, ETC. THE ATTACHED BRAIDED CORDS ARE GOLDEN IN COLOR AND ARE UNTIED AT THE TOP OF OJIME. A NETSUKE WAS PREVIOUSLY ATTACHED. INRO AND OJIME SHOW SOME WEAR FROM USE, AGE AND/OR STORAGE. UNSIGNED AS FAR AS I CAN IDENTIFY. VERY GOOD OVERALL ANTIQUE/VINTAGE CONDITION AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. BOOK ALONE IS VALUED AT OVER $200 BY ITSELF WHILE INRO BOX WAS VALUED AT NEARLY $500+.