Case (Inrō) with Design of Nonomiya (Shrine in the Fields), from The Tale of Genji, chapter 10

Medium

Gold maki-e with black lacquer Ojime: bronze with openwork and inlay of water birds on stream Netsuke: carved red lacquer

Dimensions

H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.100.209

Rights

Public Domain

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