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Case (Inrō) with Design of Demon in Escape
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Demon in Escape

19th century

Medium

Gold, silver, red, and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, mother-of-pearl inlay on bamboo; interior: plain wood, drawers

Tags

Dimensions

2 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in. (7.2 x 4 x 1.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1913

Classification

Inrō

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rights

Public Domain

About Shibata Zeshin

1807–1891Japan

Japanese, 1807–1891