Inro

Description

Inro or medicine case, with four compartments, with relief figures of no theatre dancers with ivory masks, a nashiji interior, and with coral ojime and wood netsuke: Japan, by Kajikawa school, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1930.304

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Inro, Netsuke, Ojime

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

19th century

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Ivory, Coral, Wood

Associations

Depicted: Daruma

Exhibitions

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland