Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese Sage (obverse); Attendant (Karako) Standing beside Bamboo (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquer, dark brown, imitating leather, relief, light brown rim; Interior: dark brown and nashiji
Dimensions: 2 15/16 x 2 5/16 x 11/16 in. (7.4 x 5.9 x 1.7 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: Men