Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Flying Cuckoo in Flight above Pines (obverse); Bonito (Fish) on Bamboo Leaves (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Toyōsai (1772–1845) 
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Black lacquer with sprinkled gold and silver makie and mother-of-pearl
Ojime: bead with openwork design of waves; silver
Netsuke: fish laid on bamboo branch; stained ivory
Dimensions: 2 7/8 x 3 1/16 x 11/16 in. (7.3 x 7.7 x 1.8 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Fish