Title: Inrō with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Object type: Inrō
Date: second half of the 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Tōyō 
Artist bio: Japanese, active second half of the 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Three cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, and gold foil cutouts on black lacquer ground Netsuke: box with flowers; lacquered wood with hiramaki-e Ojime: coral bead
Dimensions: 2 3/8 x 2 5/16 x 15/16 in. (6 x 5.8 x 2.4 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Bamboo