Inrō with Fox's Wedding (Kitsune no yomeiri)

Medium

Five cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, irokomaki-e, kirikane (cut out gold foil) on nashiji ("pear skin") and black lacquer background

Dimensions

3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (8.7 x 6 x 2.9 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, 1931

Accession Number

31.49.10

Rights

Public Domain

Tags