Case (Inrō) with Design of River in Spring with Flowering Cherry Trees (obverse); River in Autumn with Maple Leaves (reverse)

Medium

Lacquer, kinji, nashiji, silver and black hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.341

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