Title: Inrō with Prince Yamato Takeru Disguised as a Woman
Object type: Inrō
Date: 1752, 8th month
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Bairin (lacquerwork)
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Five cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and cut-out gold foil application on gold ground
Netsuke: kagamibuta type, Ono no Tōfū; ivory and metal
Ojime: red coral bead
Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 13/16 in. (8.3 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men, term: Women