Title: Inrō with Scattered Musical Instruments, Theatrical Implements, and Flowers
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver hiramaki-e, mother-of-pearl inlay, and cut-out gold foil application on black ground
Netsuke: bucket with grasses and flowers; lacquer with gold hiramaki-e
Ojime: flowers; lacquer bead
Dimensions: 2 7/8 x 2 x 13/16 in. (7.3 x 5.1 x 2 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: Musical Instruments, term: Drums, term: Flutes