IDENTIFIERS
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id:	204603
accession number:	MAR.O.17-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Friday 17 July 2015
updated:	Friday 17 July 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Lacquer inro, with five divisions.  Sanago ground design with very high relief, done in various lacquer work techniques and fragments of Haliotis shell.  Benki and Yoshitsune.
On the reverse of the conch shell, there is a depiction of the staff, hat and beads of the Yamabushi (ascetic hermits).  The top and bottom have giobu nashiji edged with haliotis shell pattern.  The latter used also to decorate the cord runners.  Lining and risers nashiji

18th century inro box, with the design added in the 20th century.
The large size of the inro indicates it was probably made for a wrestler.
title:	inro

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Charles Brinsley Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204603





TECHNIQUES
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takamakie
TECHNIQUES
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lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: inro
category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1799
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1799
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 10

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8.5