Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Dewdrops and Insects on Autumn Grasses in Basket
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Yamada Jōkasai (1681–1704) 
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Sprinkled gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl, stone, and metal
Ojime: ovoid gold bead decorated with grasses
Netuske: black wood carved as a piece of firewood
Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/4 in. (9.5 x 6.8 x 1.9 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: Insects, term: Plants