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Shiomi Masanari
Ariwara no Narihara at Mt. Fuji (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble)early 19th century

Not on view
Japanese lacquer inrō with four compartments, black ground decorated in gold maki-e landscape and mother-of-pearl inlay with figures on horseback, strung on a braided cord with coral bead and carved ivory netsuke
Multi-tiered lacquer inrō with gold maki-e decoration on black ground; two robed figures carrying a red parasol stand before stylized waves and a volcanic mountain, with iridescent shell-inlaid pine trees in the foreground.
Black lacquer inrō with gold maki-e decoration depicting two robed figures carrying a tall red object, set against rolling hills, pine trees in blue-green, and Mount Fuji in the background; suspended on a braided cord.

Shiomi Masanari, Ariwara no Narihara at Mt. Fuji (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble), early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shiomi Masanari
Title
Ariwara no Narihara at Mt. Fuji (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
[inrō] Gold and iroye togidashi on black lacquer ground, with mother-of-pearl inlays; [ojime] shakudō and sentoku; [netsuke] ivory with staining
Dimensions
a) inro: 3 3/16 × 2 × 15/16 in. (8.1 × 5.1 × 2.4 cm) b) ojime: 9/16 × 9/16 × 5/16 in. (1.4 × 1.4 × 0.8 cm) c) netsuke: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.3 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.325a-c
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bernstein, Andrew W. Fuji: A Mountain in the Making. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025.