Letter Box with Birds and Butterflies in Makie
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- チョウトリマキエフバコ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- Lacquered wood with maki-e
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000333-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
-
慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
- URL
- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Body jewelry Musical instrument Rectangle Wood Art
The bird-and-butterfly motif began to be frequently used in artworks during the Heian Period, perhaps due to the influence of the era’s literary masterpieces. The Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji), for example, has a chapter titled sets of four young girls clad in bird and butterfly costumes perform a dance. The depiction is evidence that the flight of birds and butterflies fascinated people of the period, and that these creatures were considered refined. With time, the brilliantly colored swallowtail butterfly parted with the bird design to develop into an independent pattern, becoming one of the most favored during the Edo Period. The exhibited letter box uses an ancient butterfly motif of the Heian era to depict swallowtails, but without birds, and thus is a successful attempt of the more modern design.
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- Title (EN)
- Letter Box with Birds and Butterflies in Makie
Physical description
- Weights and quantities
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Quantity 1合
- Attachments
- 紐2本
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