Inro with Autumn Carnations and Badger Netsuke

Description A standard (oblong) black lacquer five compartment inro. Flowering pinks or carnations all around in "hiramakie" of gold and silver with "togidashiji." The flowers in red lacquer. The background in "roiro." The interior in "nashiji" and "fundame." Inscribed in gold with a gold "kakihan" on the bottom of the bottom compartment. The cord channels are external. Together with a carved wood netsuke in the form of a badger with a drum and with a signature (Toryu) carved on the bottom of the tail.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/08/1979	Examination	examined for condition

Exhibitions

• Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia. Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. 1876.
• Netsuke: Miniature Sculpture of Japan. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978.

Provenance Wakai Kanesaburo, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Toyo (kakihan); [Signature] Iizuka Toyo; [Signature] Toryu

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876