A sharp form achieved through the effort of applying colored lacquer layer by layer over the vast amount of time. A boldly carved Guri pattern on the lacquer. --- This Inro is one of the finest articles that conceals the patience and joy of its craftsman as well as delicacy and courage. A Nu-shi (a lacquer painter) applies colored lacquer little by little, day by day, in order to achieve an ideal form; a Hori-shi (a carver) carves out Guri in both delicate and rough ways without absolutely any single mistake. The cliché “proficiency” falls silent in the eyes of those who had touched divinity, and the world that goes beyond our human knowledge expands within this master piece. Who applied lacquer over and over and over again? Who carved this Guri? Who commissioned this work? And what kind of era is Edo, if such an Inro was possible? This article should be passed down to a long future.

A “Guri” pattern is a motif of auspicious omens, said to be the base of “Karakusa” pattern developed from Nyoigashira.

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