Inkstone Case with Chrysanthemum and Bird on Roughly Woven Fence in Makie
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- キクマガキチョウモンマキエスズリバコ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- Lacquered wood with maki-e
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
The exhibited case contains an inkstone and a bird-shaped suiteki, or a little water pot. Perhaps in allusion to the line “picking chrysanthemums from under the east fence of the house” from the fifth poem of the “Twenty Wine Drinking Poems” by Chinese poet Tao Yuanming (365-427; Jp: To Enmei), the chrysanthemum and (bamboo) fence became a favorite motif among Japanese arts and crafts. As seen on the exhibited inkstone case, bird motifs were frequently added. Another famous example of similar craftsmanship is the national treasure “Inkstone Case with Chrysanthemums in Mother-of-Pearl Inlays”, preserved at Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine. According to legend, this beautiful work of art was believed to have been dedicated by Minamoto-no-Yoritomo (1147-99) who had been given it by Retired Emperor GoShirakawa (1127-92).
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- Title (EN)
- Inkstone Case with Chrysanthemum and Bird on Roughly Woven Fence in Makie
Physical description
- Weights and quantities
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Quantity 1合
- Attachments
- 布団／包裂2枚
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