Inrō with Cockatoo and Magnolia

19th century

Not on view

Inrō are small containers with multiple chambers for holding medicinal herbs, seals, and other small items. They are worn suspended from a sash by means of small toggles that are known as netsuke. Use of inrō, which developed in lieu of pockets in traditional Japanese clothing, flourished from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. The signature on the bottom of this example reads "Jōkasai," a reference to any one of a number of artists in the Yamada family, active after the late seventeenth century, who used that name.

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山田常嘉斎作木蓮オウム蒔絵螺鈿印籠
Title: Inrō with Cockatoo and Magnolia
Artist: Yamada Jōkasai (Japanese, 1811–1879)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Red lacquer ground with gold maki-e, carved red lacquer, and mother-of-pearl inlayNetsuke: poppy; ivoryOjime: roundels; red and green lacquer in wood
Dimensions: 3 5/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 3/16 in. (9.2 x 4.6 x 3 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.67.34
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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