Inrō
Description
A traditional Japanese decorative container used for storing and carrying medicines, traditionally hung from an obi, or waist sash. It consists of four interlocking containers or chambers of lacquered wood, with a black coloured cord threaded through both sides to enable opening then re-sealing of the chambers. One side of the inrō is decorated with an image of plants on a river bank, and the other side with an image of a bird of prey. At one end the cord has an orange rectangular bead threaded through it, followed by a carved circular ivory netsuke at the end. The netsuke stops the weight of the inro from slipping through the obi.
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