Title: Incense Box (Kogo) with Design of Iris and Bridge (Yatsuhashi)
Object type: Incense box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Yamada Jōkasai (1681–1704) 
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gold-speckled aventurine (nashiji) lacquer with sprinkled and polished design (hiramakie)
Dimensions: H. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); L. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY