印いん籠ろう

noun

inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case

A traditional Japanese case consisting of stacked compartments, originally used to carry seals and medicine, often worn suspended from the obi.

• 彼かれは帯おびに印いん籠ろうを下さげていた。

  He wore an inro hanging from his obi.

• この印いん籠ろうは江え戸ど時じ代だいのものだ。

  This inro is from the Edo period.