Five-case inrō with a scene depicting the bugaku dance genjōraku, featuring the snake hunt

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 3444.1-5
Type: object for daily use; lacquers; costumes
Date of production:
turn of the 18th and 19th centuries
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Signed: Nagata Shūsui (永田 習水), kakihan
Materials: gold lacquer; lacquer; maki-e; textile; wood
Dimensions: height 6.6 cm
width 5.2 cm
depth 1 cm