Case (Inrō) with Painting of Courtesan at Night (obverse); House Gate (reverse)

Shibata Zeshin · 19th century

Case (Inrō) with Painting of Courtesan at Night (obverse); House Gate (reverse)

Roiro (waxen) lacquer with sprinkled hiramkie lacquer and togidashi sprinkled and polished lacquer; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Ojime: silver shibuichi lacquer bead decorated with design of castle grounds; Netsuke: carved wooden sleeping goose

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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