Inro and Pipe Cases

Inrō were made of a variety of materials, including wood, ivory, bone, and lacquer. When photographing them I try to bring out the combination of texture and smoothness of the materials. They really are miniature masterpieces.

A Four-Case Lacquer Inro with Fans in a Stream
A Gold Four-Case Lacquer Inro
A FIVE-CASE LACQUER INRO SIGNED KAJIKAWA SAKU AND WITH RED POT SEAL, EDO PERIOD
A Three-Case Black and Gold Lacquer Inro
A FINE LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO AND NETSUKE
A Four-Case Inro with a Lobster EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A collection of Japanese Lacquer Pipe Cases
A four-case tsuishu [carved red lacquer] inro with a Chinese figures in a landscape with trees, pavilion and rocks, nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims, matching tsuishu ojime with peony
A Three-Case Black and Gold Lacquer Inro
A Four-Case Lacquer Inro Signed Isshinsai and with kakihan, Edo period (19th century)
A Four-Case Black and Gold Lacquer Inro
A Four-Case Inro with a Nio [Temple Guardian] SIGNED KOMA KYUHAKU SAKU, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A SINGLE-CASE LACQUER INRO ATTRIBUTED TO NOMURA CHOHEI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
A Three-Case Lacquer Inro with a Karashishi [Lion Dog] and Dragon