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Case (Inrō) with Design of Autumn Flowers

Shiomi Masanari 塩見政誠 (d. 1719)

early 18th century · Case: gold, silver, and blue lacquer on black lacquer; Fastener (ojime): pierced gold with floral design; Toggle (netsuke): crystal carved in the shape of a bucket

Case (Inrō ) with Design of a Gourd Vine

Koma Yasutada

18th century · Case: gold, colored lacquer, gold leaf, and gold foil on red lacquer; Fastener (ojime): metal with design of flowers and insects; Toggle (netsuke): ivory and lacquer carved in the shape of a Noh dancer

Case (Inrō) in the Shape of Tiered Picnic Box of Cherry Bark with Cherry Blossoms and Butterfly

Kiyokawa

18th century · Colored lacquer with sprinkled gold and gold and silver foil; Ojime: jar; metal; Netsuke: love letter, rolled and tied; ivory with red, gold and silver makie lacquer

Inrō with Dragon in Cartouche on Arabesque Foliage (Karakusa) Background

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Inrō: four cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, on black lacquer ground; metal cord runners; ojime: fire agate bead; netsuke: rabbit in a boat; carved wood

Inrō in the Shape of a House

Unrecorded maker

late 18th–early 19th century · Two cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cutout gold foil application on black lacquer ground Netsuke: ivory; Hotei in a bag Ojime: metal bead

Inrō in the Shape of Mount Fuji with a Crossing Ferry and Procession

Kajikawa (d. 1724)

late 18th–early 19th century · Two cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji lacquer ground Netsuke: ivory; Ryūgūjō (The Dragon King's undersea palace) in a clam Ojime: agate bead

Inrō in the Shape of a Leather Tobacco Case (Tabakoire) with Flowering Plum

Matsuda Sukenaga (d. 1871)

mid-19th century · Inrō: carved wood with lacquer imitating leather; gilded metal clasp; ojime: patinated metal bead; netsuke: Chinese boy (karako) with mask on shishi lion; carved wood

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

Case (Inrō) in the Shape of an Ink Stick with Design of God of Longevity (Jurōjin), Reading beneath a Star Constellation (obverse);Twelve-Character Inscription (reverse)

Shibata Zeshin (d. 1891)

19th century · Roiro (waxen) lacquer with black hiramakie sprinkled and polished lacquer and takamakie sprinkled and polished lacquer relief; Interior: roiro; Netsuke: lacquer in shape of a worn ink stick; Ojime: black lacquer bead

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

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

Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkeys' Festival

Unrecorded maker

18th–19th century · Maki-e with black on gold lacquer Ojime: lacquered wood in the shape of a chestnut Netsuke: carved ivory with a sleeping man and a monkey