Five-case inro with design of cranes and waves
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground; decoration in gold kinpun and togidashi-e, gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, and gold foil; each compartment containing a lidded box, three of them inscribed with a single character in black (see Japanese field) the interiors and boxes all gold fundame lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 10.3 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm (4 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number21.2308a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
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ProvenanceLent by H. L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
Early 18th century
mid-late 18th century
Kajikawa School
mid-18th century
Late 17th century