Title: Inrō with Sanbasō Dancers
Object type: Inrō
Date: first half 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
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
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Men, term: Dancers