The Metropolitan Museum of Art

靭猿狂言蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Kyōgen Dancer with Quiver from “The Monkey Skin Quiver” (obverse); Dancer with Fan and Sword (reverse)

Unrecorded artist

first half of the 19th century

Attribution

Unrecorded artist

Medium

Five cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver, red, black takamaki-e, hiramaki-e on gold lacquer ground; Netsuke: carved ivory; folded obi sash; Ojime: metal bead with autumn grasses

Physical dimensions

H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); D. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929