Five-case inro with design of cherry-blossom at Yoshino
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground; obscured by medium-density hirame; decoration in gold, aokin and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with silver foil for the blossom, and kirikane; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 9.3 x 5.1 x 3 cm (3 11/16 x 2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10016
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
Collections
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Early 19th century
Kajikawa School
mid-18th century
early to mid-19th century
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
early 18th century
