東海道五十三次蒔絵印籠|Inrō with the “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō”
Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 19th century
Medium: Five cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold foil on gold and nashiji ground
Netsuke: carved wood; Kintarō beating a Tengu
Ojime: gold bead with stag in relief

 

Dimensions: 3 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9.7 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, 1931
Accession year: 1931
Tags: Mountains|Landscapes