Title: Inrō with Design of Blossoming Plum Tree
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Hara Yōyūsai 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1772–1845
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Sprinkled gold lacquer with gold, silver, and red makie, takamakie, and coral inlay
Ojime: bead; tortoiseshell  
Netsuke: box with decoration of violets; gold makie lacquer with gold and silver makie
Dimensions: Overall (inro): H. 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers, term: Trees