Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Courtier Playing Flute among Autumn Grasses (obverse); An Assassin (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Metal, shakudo, silver metal, incised, pierced, applied metals; Interior: silver metal
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); D. 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Flutes, term: Flowers