objectInroObjects · RitualsA named stacked medicine-case of Japanese dress, hung from the sash by a netsuke. Not a gau, not a generic charm, and not a bag dump.Also known as InrōInro is historically related to Lacquer.Chamberlain seats the inrō as the nested lacquer medicine/seal case hung from the girdle with a netsuke — lacquer-case speech, not the netsuke toggle alone.from Basil Hall Chamberlain · Things Japanese, 1890 (5th ed. 1905)historically related to · sourced · documentedsourcesThings Japanese · Basil Hall ChamberlainBasil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese (5th ed. 1905).