Title: Case (Inrō) with a Fox from the Kyōgen Play "The Fox Hunter" (Tsurigitsune) (obverse); Haystacks and Stream from the Kyōgen Play "Hakuzosu" (reverse)
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: Gold and colored lacquer on wood
Signed: Zeshin
Ojime: carved wooden dragon (signed: Ichiryūsai Furuta)
Netsuke: ceramic figure of Kaduzōsu (signed: Eiraku)
Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 in. (5.72 x 6.99 x 2.54 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Purchase, Gifts, Bequests, and Funds from various donors, by exchange, 1957
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Foxes, term: Haystacks