千字文蒔絵印籠|Inrō with the “Ten Thousand Classic Characters” (Senjimon)

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Title: 千字文蒔絵印籠|Inrō with the “Ten Thousand Classic Characters” (Senjimon)
Date Created: 18th century
Physical Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 2 3/16 x 7/8 in. (6.7 x 5.5 x 2.3 cm)
Type: Inrō
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/58944
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood and paper with gold togidashimaki-e on black ground Netsuke: manjū type, ivory; with the “Fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō” and checkpoint towns Ojime: amber bead
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Culture: Japan

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