Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Shibata Zeshin
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Roiro (waxen) lacquer with sprinkled hiramkie lacquer and togidashi sprinkled and polished lacquer; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Ojime: silver shibuichi lacquer bead decorated with design of castle grounds; Netsuke: carved wooden sleeping goose
Dimensions: 2 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 15/16 in. (6.8 x 5.3 x 2.4 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Women|Lanterns