Inro en suite consist of an inro, a sectional container, usually for medicines; an ojime, a bead fastener allowing the inro to open and close; and a netsuke, a toggle or counterweight that hangs over an obi sash to keep the ensemble in place. These objects were used to hold small personal belongings and to serve as status symbols by primarily upperclass men (warriors, nobility, clergy, and merchants) during the Edo (1603-1868) and Meiji periods (1868-1912). Although functional accoutrements of kimono apparel-which lacked pockets-inro ensembles also were superbly crafted in a variety of materials, including wood, ivory, and metal.

The drawing was done by Jeff Nishinaka, taken from Robert O. Kinsey's Ojime: Magical Jewels of Japan, 1991.