Tobacco box, Kokusai, Japan
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tobacco box, Kokusai, Japan is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum's brief description reads: Inrō decorated with inscription and seals, incised wood, by Kokuan, Japan.
Museum description: Tonkotsu-shaped wooden inrō incised with an inscription and various seals The museum record gives material recorded as wood; measurements Height 7.6 cm; Width 10.2 cm; Depth 3.7 cm; place associated: Japan; maker recorded: Kokusai. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- Height 7.6 cm; Width 10.2 cm; Depth 3.7 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- incised and stained wood
- Maker recorded
- Kokusai
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Museum attribution
- Kokusai
- Museum object name
- Tobacco box
- Museum object number
- W.105-1923
- Museum system number
- O487353
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.