Three-case inrō with inside panel, figural decoration, and ojime ball in filigree design on string

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 1105.1-4
Type: object for daily use; metalwork; inrō; accessory
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
first half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Signed: Seishun / Masaharu (正春)
Materials: gold; iron; shakudo; silver
Dimensions: height: 6.9 cm
width: 5 cm
Inrō with depctions of a waterfall (one side) and a sage beneath a plum tree (opposite side); on the smaller, removable case within the inrō, a waterfall (one side) and children playing with paper rolls beneath a cherry tree (opposite side). The ojime is decorated with gold chrysanthemums.