Rights clearance desk for images
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Where this page got its records
1231 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
308 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
2 of 2 providers answered live. 110 matching records exist across the two collections.
Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved
Case (Inrō) with Design of Bishamon (or Idaten) Pursuing an Onî (Demon) on Clouds
Unrecorded maker
17th century · Lacquer, roiro, rubbed fundame, gold and silver hiramakie, applied metal; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Bishamon on Clouds Pursuing Demon (Oni) Holding Sacred Gem
Unrecorded maker
17th century · Lacquer, roiro and rubbed fundame, gold and silver hiramakie, tortoiseshell; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Buildings in Mountain Landscape
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Lacquer, fundame, gold, silver and black hiramakie, nashiji, togidashi and kirigane; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Poppies
Unrecorded maker
1868 · Case: powdered gold (maki-e) and gold and colored lacquer on black lacquer with pewter and ceramic inlays; floral decoration on risers in incised gold; Fastener (ojime): stained wood carved in the shape of a peach; Toggle (netsuke): black lacquer with design of pussy-willow branches in pewter and ceramic inlays and metal wire
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Cranes in Flight
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Lacquer, kinji, gold, silver, black and red hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Butterflies in Flight
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Wood, brushed wood, gold takamakie, raden, lacquer, pottery inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Crickets
Onko Takanaga (dates unknown)
19th century · Case: carved red lacquer; Fastener (ojime): silver with openwork slide; Toggle (netsuke): red lacquer carved in the shape of a lobed table with two gentlemen playing a game of go
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Demon in Escape
Shibata Zeshin (d. 1891)
19th century · Gold, silver, red, and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, mother-of-pearl inlay on bamboo; interior: plain wood, drawers
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Frogs
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Case: powdered gold (maki-e) and colored lacquer on black lacquer; Fastener (ojime): stone; Toggle (netsuke): wood carved in the shape of a mermaid
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of People Riding in Ferryboats
Unrecorded maker
late 19th century · Lacquer, fundame, nashiji, gold and colored hiramakie; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Seven Cranes in Flight
Unrecorded maker
18th–19th century · Lacquer, fundame, gold, silver, black and red hiramakie, gold foil; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Case (Inrō) with Design of Flowers in Circular Panels
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Lacquer, roiro, hirame, gold and coloured hiramakie, nashiji, various inlay; Interior: fundame
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