Both boxes with beveled chiri-i (edges) and gold fundame rims, the edges with seaweed stems and leaves in gold hiramaki-e; the exteriors decorated in gold and silver togidashi maki-e with landscape scenes, the ryoshibako with hills and trees below Mount Fuji, the suzuribako with a scholar seated in a mountain pavilion beneath a snow-laden pine branch, an imitation half-worn painter's seal added in red lacquer; the interior of the ryoshibako lid with a square panel depicting a dragon and clouds in gold togidashi maki-e, the surrounding areas and interior gold mura-nashiji; the interior of the suzuribako lid with a square panel depicting two horses; the interior of the suzuribako fitted with a removable inner tray decorated with sea plants and shells in gold hiramaki-e, supporting a rectangular ink stone with gold fundame rims, the interiors okibirame on a roiro ground