Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Boats, Waves and Reeds (Tale of Genji)
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Brushed wood with gold and silver hiramakie sprinkled and polished lacquer and pewter and mother-of-pearl inlay; Interior: plain; Ojime: quartz bead; Netsuke: carved wood badger
Dimensions: 7/8 x 2 15/16 x 15/16 in. (2.2 x 7.5 x 2.4 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), 1937
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Plants, term: Boats