Black lacquer with gold and silver maki-e and shell inlay; silk cordexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.424.1a-f
Inrō, sometimes called “medicine cases,” were used to carry a variety of small articles, not just medicine. The owner would typically hang an inrō over a sash worn at the waist. The inrō was connected by a cord to a counterweight, called a netsuke, which kept it from falling off. This lacquer inrō was produced by Hara Yōyūsai who decorated it with a motif of cranes and waves designed by the Rinpa painter, Sakai Hōitsu.
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