Mirror with pine, wisteria, and paired sparrows
- Date
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制作年 AD15
- Title
- マツフジソウジャクキョウ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 銅
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
“Auspicious is the richly colored long string of wisteria flowers against a bough of pine.” This line from The Pillow Book (Jap. Makura-no-Soshi) captures perfectly the high value the wisteria-and-pine combination once held. Wisteria itself became famed for its use in the family crest of the Fujiwara, which during the Heian Period produced the most powerful generations of regents. When combined with the pine tree, the symbol of longevity, the wisteria motif garnered considerable luck. The tortoise-shaped central knob identifies this mirror to be cast during the Muromachi Period, not the Heian, but also evidences that the fortuitous wisteria-and-pine arrangement continued to be valued.
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- Mirror with pine, wisteria, and paired sparrows
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