AF22653 Inro: Mumei

Ordering number: AF22653

Inro
Mei (signature) : Mumei.

Inro : H 103.3 cm x W 7.15 cm x D 2.97　cm.
( H 40.66 inches x W 2.81 inches x D 1.16　inches)

Netsuke : H 4.27 cm x W 4.22 cm x D 1.82 cm.
( H 1.68 inches x W 1.66 inches x D 0.71　inches)

Box : length 19.5 cm x width 11 cm x height 4.5 cm.
(length 7.67 inches x width 4.33 inches x h 0.59　inches)

Jidai(era) : After the end of Edo period

Special feature　:　 Landscape is painted with Makie on the Inro.
At he beginning, Inro was used as a tool to keep one’s
seal and vermilion inkpad inside. But the early Edo period, it changed to
carry some medicines. In travel, it became necessaries regardless of the
man and woman. A lot of Inro consists of the group of a small box from 3
to 4 steps. Several kinds of regular medicines were subdivided here.
As the Edo period neared its end, inro became increasingly decorative
and popular as fashionable accesories.

In the box
Aoi art estimation paper