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Case (Inrō) with Design of Hotei (Putai) Carrying a Small Boy (obverse); Boy Carrying Gourd-Flask (reverse)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Hotei (Putai) Carrying a Small Boy (obverse); Boy Carrying Gourd-Flask (reverse) by Tokoku Fuzui|Hanabusa Itchō

Medium

Gold lacquer with ivory and wood inlay; Netsuke: ivory and lacquered wood figure, Ojime: gold bead with face of Daikoku, god of good fortune

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in. (8.3 x 6.1 x 2 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1913

Accession Number

13.67.76

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

BoysMen

About the Artist

Tokoku Fuzui|Hanabusa Itchō ( |Japanese) · |1652 |1724

|Japanese, 1652–1724

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