Cleveland Museum of Art
Inro (Case) with Mice and Beans
- Date
- late 1800s
- Medium
- Lacquer on wood with color and sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e)
- Culture
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This round inro is decorated with an image of a single mouse feasting on beans. The theme is elaborated with a metal ojime (cinch) in the form of a cloth bag tied with rope—suggesting the food stores the mouse is raiding. The carved wood netsuke, or toggle, is in the shape of a mouse clutching a nut.
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