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Shibayama Shōkasai
Courtiers Performing a Purification Ritual (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble)early 19th century

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Japanese gold lacquer inro with figural and landscape decoration, displayed with mauve silk cord, silver ojime bead, and carved ivory and gilt netsuke
Artist or Maker
Shibayama Shōkasai
Title
Courtiers Performing a Purification Ritual (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
[inrō] Gold takamakie and kirigane on kinji and nashiji lacquer ground with mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays; [ojime] mixed metals (silver with gold inlays); [netsuke] ivory with staining
Dimensions
a) inro: 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 × 13/16 in. (8.8 × 5.6 × 2 cm) b) ojime: 13/16 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (2.1 × 1 × 1 cm) c) netsuke: 1 1/4 × 1 3/16 × 13/16 in. (3.2 × 3 × 2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.322a-c
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art