Inro, Toju, Japan, late 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 19th century
Inro, Toju, Japan, late 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated late 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Inrō decorated with hawk seated on a tree, lacquer, by Toju, Japan, late 19th century.
Museum description: Inrō decorated with hawk perched on a pine tree laden with snow and grasping a small bird with one foot. Gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, silver togidashi and touches of black lacquer, enriched with gold and silver kirikane on a gold sprinkled lacquer ground. The museum record gives material recorded as lacquer, foil; measurements Height 9.8 cm; Width 4.9 cm; Depth 2.5 cm; place associated: Japan; maker recorded: Toju.
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
- lacquer, foil
- Dimensions
- Height 9.8 cm; Width 4.9 cm; Depth 2.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Roiro (highly polished black lacquer), nashiji ('pear skin' ground), gold, silver and black hiramaki-e (low relief maki-e), takamaki-e (high relief maki-e), togidashi maki-e (polished-out maki-e), kirikane (cut foil)
- Maker recorded
- Toju
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Museum object name
- Inro
- Museum object number
- W.120:1 to 3-1922
- Museum system number
- O458118
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 holding institution and a specialist reference.