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Inro with Ojime and Netsuke

Kajikawa Bunryusai

Asian Art

MEDIUM Gold lacquer
  • Place Made: Japan
  • DATES mid–19th century
    PERIOD Edo Period
    DIMENSIONS Inro: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) mount (display dims using 2023 Solid Gold mount): 5 × 2 3/8 × 1 in. (12.7 × 6 × 2.5 cm)
    SIGNATURE Signed: "Kajikawa Bunryusai"
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 03.334a-g
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Robert B. Woodward
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1903, provenance not yet documented; by 1903, acquired by Robert Blackburne Woodward of Brooklyn, NY; February 17, 1903, gift of Robert Blackburne Woodward to the Brooklyn Museum.
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