Title: Inrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake
Object type: Inrō
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868
Artist:  Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1663–1747
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Two-part (sheath-type); lacquered wood, metal, leather, with black and brown togidashimaki-e, takamaki-e on black ground
Netsuke: manjū type with maki-e Daruma
Ojime: ceramic bead with incense and ash design
Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 11/16 in. (7.7 x 5.3 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