Inrō
Description
A traditional Japanese decorative container used for storing and carrying medicines, traditionally hung from an obi, or waist sash. It consists of five interlocking containers or chambers of lacquered wood, with a cord threaded through both sides to enable opening then re-sealing of the chambers. The dark brown container is decorated with a gold plant motif on both sides, as well as stylised flower. At one end the cord has a metal lacquered bead threaded through it, and then a netsuke, a disc which stops the weight of the inrō from slipping through the obi.
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