Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune Fording a River
Object type: Inrō
Date: late 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Nakayama Komin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1808–1870
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gold lacquer with gold hiramkie sprinkled and polished lacquer, nashiji (pear skin) lacquer, and mother-of-pearl, ivory, and wood inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Netsuke: wood-framed ivory plaque with bird and flower inlay; Ojime: lacquer Daikoku's hammer
Dimensions: 3 9/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 1/8 in. (9.1 x 7.1 x 2.9 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: Men, term: Women, term: Gods