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Source Description
A gold lacquer oval four compartment inro. Shoka with bow and arrows in gold and silver inlay descending from heaven on a cloud outlined with gold filled with fine nashiji in metallic lacquer on one side. Part of the cloud folds around to the other side with Minamoto Mitasunaka in gold and silver inlay in bold high relief reclining near a lantern in gold lacquer dreaming about Shoka coming. The background of fundame in gold with shadowy section in black lacquer. The interior in nashiji and and the rims in fundame or kinji. Inscribed in gold lacquer on the bottom of the lower compartment. The cord channels are internal.
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Document identity
localId
9597
label
Inro with Images of Shoka and Minamoto Mitsunaka
core
obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
9597
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Inro with Images of Shoka and Minamoto Mitsunaka
description
A gold lacquer oval four compartment inro. Shoka with bow and arrows in gold and silver inlay descending from heaven on a cloud outlined with gold filled with fine nashiji in metallic lacquer on one side. Part of the cloud folds around to the other side with Minamoto Mitasunaka in gold and silver inlay in bold high relief reclining near a lantern in gold lacquer dreaming about Shoka coming. The background of fundame in gold with shadowy section in black lacquer. The interior in nashiji and and the rims in fundame or kinji. Inscribed in gold lacquer on the bottom of the lower compartment. The cord channels are internal.
date
early 19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
inro
ojime
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.7
height
5.8
depth
2.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 7/16 × W: 2 5/16 × D: 7/8 in. (8.7 × 5.8 × 2.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Koryu
med
gold lacquer over wood, gold, silver
creator_ids
6055
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
3300
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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88a8c335e7e56236
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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f5469fcd040abc8f
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no
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no