Inrō with Fox's Wedding (Kitsune no yomeiri)
Rectangular, curved object with rounded corners, featuring a gold and brown design with a scene of people and buildings on a landscape; object has a purple cord threaded through a gold ball at top; cord has a gold ornament resembling a flower or fruit; cord ends in a bow at bottom; gray background. Artist: Inrō with Fox's Wedding (Kitsune no yomeiri).
Artwork Details
- Date
- late 18th–early 19th century
- Medium
- Five cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, irokomaki-e, kirikane (cut out gold foil) on nashiji ("pear skin") and black lacquer background
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 468 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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