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    "localId": "97234",
    "label": "Inro (Case) with Egrets and Willows",
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    "id": "97234",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Inro (Case) with Egrets and Willows",
    "description": "The iridescence of this inro is due to the shell inlay used to form the design of an egret (a waterfowl) standing among reeds in water beneath a weeping willow on one side and an egret resting in a tree on the other. The metal <em>ojime</em> (cinch) has a floral design, and the round lacquer netsuke, or toggle, has an image of a Chinese gentleman, possibly an immortal, holding flowers planted in a shallow pot.",
    "date": "1700s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.866",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Lacquer"
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.866/1916.866_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 9.9 x 4.8 cm (3 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.866"
}

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    "tec": "Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e) and gold-foil-and-shell inlay (Somada style)",
    "tombstone": "Inro (Case) with Egrets and Willows (柳に鷺漆螺鈿印籠), 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e) and gold-foil-and-shell inlay (Somada style); overall: 9.9 x 4.8 cm (3 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton, 1916.866",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "柳に鷺漆螺鈿印籠",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.866",
    "creditline": "Gift of D. Z. Norton",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:14:27.941000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.866/1916.866_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 97234,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e) and gold-foil-and-shell inlay (Somada style)",
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    "image_url": null
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