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Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Courtiers Watching Released Cranes Fly Away at Akanumagahara
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Gold and silver maki-e with gold lacquer Ojime: Stone in the shape of a melon, 19th century Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881 81.1.424.85 Netsuke: Ivory in the shape of a deer, 19th century Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910 10.211.510
Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); D. 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit Line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Accession Number: 81.1.337
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