Inro (four-case medicine box), ojime, and netsuke of Hanshan? / Artist Unknown, Japan

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Accession Number: 1972/2.103
Title: Inro (four-case medicine box), ojime, and netsuke of Hanshan?
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Medium and Support: lacquer on wood with ivory ojime and netsuke
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Object Creation Place: Asia (continent); Japan (nation)
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2: Japan (nation)
Credit Line: Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
Period: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
Dimensions: 7.9 cm x 6.3 cm x 2 cm (3 1/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 13/16 in.)
Century: 19th century
Primary Object Classification: Decorative Arts
Primary Object Type: lacquer
Secondary Object Classification: Costume and Costume Accessory
Secondary Object Type: netsuke
Primary Keywords: boxes (containers); foliage; ivory carvings; netsuke
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; descriptors; materials; materials by origin; objects we use; plant material; sculpture; sculpture by function; sculpture by material; visual works; visual works by medium or technique
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1195 x 895
File Size: 73 KB
Record: 1972/2.103
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.103/1972_2.103.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Highlights of the Japanese Collection (354); A - Health and Medicine Traditions (19); Health, illness, medicine (24); Japan Pax Tokugawa 1600-1868 (500); Medicine in Japan (5)

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Full citation: "Inro (four-case medicine box), ojime, and netsuke of Hanshan?; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.103/1972_2.103.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.