Inrō with Tanabata Story of the Weaver and the Herdboy

Nomura Kyūkoku · active first half of the19th century

Inrō with Tanabata Story of the Weaver and the Herdboy

Three cases; lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and ivory inlay on mother-of-pearl ground; Netsuke: carved ivory; flowers and grasses with silver butterflies; Ojime: silver and gold quail in autumn grasses

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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