Subject: 侍 samurai warrior
Culture: Japanese
Setting: Edo period, Japan 17th-19thc
Object: belt accessories = 根付 netsuke toggle, 緒締め ojime bead, 印籠 inrō case
* Crow Collection of Asian Art
"Kajikawa school
Japan, late 18th-early 19th century
Inrō (hanging container) with Chinese lions and peonies
Lacquer, gold flecks and foil, silver, vermillion, and crystal on wood"
Crow Collection of Asian Art *
"Shōryūsai Tatsuei
Japan, active late 18th-early 19th century
Inrō (hanging container) with chrysanthemums and cymbidium orchids
Lacquer and gold on wood;
coral ojime (slide bead)"
* Crow Collection of Asian Art
"Yamada Jōkasai
Japan, late 18th century
Inrō (hanging container) with poetry on mulberry leaves
Lacquer with gold and silver on wood"
Crow Collection of Asian Art *
"Koma Koryū
Japan, died 1796
Inrō (hanging container) with cypress fans and evening faces
Inrō: lacquer, gold, and silver on wood;
netsuke: nut carved as cherry blossoms on waves;
gold ojime (slide bead)"
Crow Collection of Asian Art *
"Jitokusai Hisataka
Japan, late 18th century
Inrō (hanging container) with design of prawn
Inrō: lacquer with gold, silver, vermillion,
and aogai (thin-cut mother-of-pearl) on wood;
metal ojime (slide bead)"
