Inro

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Item:

Edo period (1615-1868) 19th century.

"Exhibition item"

Fantastic opportunity to get your hands on a unique kabuto that has recently been on display at the Geisha and samurai exhibition at the Martorell Palace in Barcelona, Spain. A wonderful opportunity to get your hands on a fantastic exhibition piece with its full colour catalogue of pieces included with more than 200 pages. You can look for information on the web as there are many articles and reports dedicated to this exhibition which has been open to the public for more than 6 months and has been extended several times thanks to the great reception it has had and which has been featured on several television and newspapers and sponsored by the city council of Barcelona.

Precious signed inro lacquered with gold lanscape motes with a cristal ojime and a conch netsuke.


What is an Inro?

An inro is a traditional Japanese case for holding small objects, suspended from the obi (sash) worn around the waist when wearing a kimono. They are often highly decorated with various materials such as lacquer and various techniques such as maki-e, and are more decorative than other Japanese lacquerware.

Because traditional Japanese dress lacked pockets, objects were often carried by hanging them from the obi in containers known as sagemono (a hanging object attached to a sash). Most sagemono were created for specialized contents, such as tobacco, pipes, writing brush and ink, but the type known as inro is suitable for carrying small things, and was created in the Sengoku period (1467–1615) as a portable identity seal and medicine container for travel.