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Kōgyokusai
Story of Kanshin (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble)19th century

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Japanese inrō with warm gold lacquer ground, featuring high-relief figures in dark armor against a landscape, suspended on a braided cord with a spherical chrysanthemum-patterned netsuke

Kōgyokusai, Story of Kanshin (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble), 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kōgyokusai
Title
Story of Kanshin (Inrō/Ojime/Netsuke Ensemble)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
[inrō] Gold takamakie on kinji and black togidashi ground, with mixed metal inlays; [ojime] lacquer; [netsuke] togidashi lacquer, gold hiramakie on mura-nashiji ground
Dimensions
a) inro: 3 9/16 × 2 7/16 × 1 in. (9 × 6.2 × 2.5 cm) c) netsuke: 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 3/4 in. (4 × 4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.330a-c
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art