Case (Inrō) with Design of a Suit of Armor (obverse); Flasks for Boys Festival (reverse)

Yamada Jōkasai (1681–1704) · second half of the 19th century

Case (Inrō) with Design of a Suit of Armor (obverse); Flasks for Boys Festival (reverse)

Gold and colored lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl on ro-iro black lacquer; ojime: metal bead inlaid with silver; netsuke: carved ebony inlaid with ivory design of Daruma

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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