三番叟蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Sanbasō Dancers
Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: first half 19th century
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, and cut-out gold foil on nashiji (“pear-skin”) ground
Netsuke: box with mouth organ (shō) and pouch; ivory with inlays
Ojime: lacquer bead

Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Birds|Men|Dancers