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冨士形蒔絵印籠|Inrō in the Shape of Mount Fuji with a Crossing Ferry and Procession
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冨士形蒔絵印籠|Inrō in the Shape of Mount Fuji with a Crossing Ferry and Procession

late 18th–early 19th century

Medium

Two cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji lacquer ground Netsuke: ivory; Ryūgūjō (The Dragon King's undersea palace) in a clam Ojime: agate bead

Dimensions

4 1/8 x 4 11/16 x 1 1/4 in. (10.5 x 11.9 x 3.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1913

Classification

Inrō

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Hanabusa Itchō

1652–1724Japan

Japanese, 1652–1724