Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1870–1890 An inrō with three interlocking cases and cover, of lenticular cross-section with straight sides, rounded corners, curved top and base, and integrated cord-runners, the gold fundame lacquer ground decorated in silver and black togidashi maki-e, hiramaki-e, and takamaki-e with tetsusabi-nuri depicting on one side a carp swimming up a waterfall and on the other side water splashing over a crag, each side also with small flowers and plants, the compartments and risers gold nashiji, the shoulders and rims gold fundame; painted stone ojime with gilt-metal mounts; signed in kebori on the base Zeshin 是真 7.5 × 4.9 × 1.7 cm (3 × 1 7/8 × 5/8 in.) With fitted wood storage box and paper label from the Zeshin Hyakunijūnen Tsuizen Kinen Tenkan 是真百廿年追善記念展観 (Zeshin 120th Anniversary Display, see below) (3) Exhibited Shibata Zeshin o shinobu kai 柴田是真を偲ぶ会 (Exhibition in Memory of Shibata Zeshin), Ōkyokan Building, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan (Tokyo National Museum), Tokyo, 18 July 2011 Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum), Tokyo, 1 November–16 December 2012 Published Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum) 2012, cat. no. 80
Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1870–1890 An inrō with three interlocking cases and cover, of lenticular cross-section with straight sides, rounded corners, curved top and base, and integrated cord-runners, the gold fundame lacquer ground decorated in silver and black togidashi maki-e, hiramaki-e, and takamaki-e with tetsusabi-nuri depicting on one side a carp swimming up a waterfall and on the other side water splashing over a crag, each side also with small flowers and plants, the compartments and risers gold nashiji, the shoulders and rims gold fundame; painted stone ojime with gilt-metal mounts; signed in kebori on the base Zeshin 是真 7.5 × 4.9 × 1.7 cm (3 × 1 7/8 × 5/8 in.) With fitted wood storage box and paper label from the Zeshin Hyakunijūnen Tsuizen Kinen Tenkan 是真百廿年追善記念展観 (Zeshin 120th Anniversary Display, see below) (3) Exhibited Shibata Zeshin o shinobu kai 柴田是真を偲ぶ会 (Exhibition in Memory of Shibata Zeshin), Ōkyokan Building, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan (Tokyo National Museum), Tokyo, 18 July 2011 Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum), Tokyo, 1 November–16 December 2012 Published Nezu Bijutsukan (Nezu Museum) 2012, cat. no. 80
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