Mid Edo Period (18th c.)／Lacquered wood
H 104.0 cm, W 136.6 cm, D 91.0 cm
SUMMARY
A carriage painted with emblems of sparrows with bamboo and sets of three vertical bars, family crests of the Date clan in Uwajima Domain. High-class palanquins with sliding doors were called norimono. The interior is meticulously painted with scenery and flowers in vivid color on a gold background. This piece is thought to have been used by Princess Mune, daughter of Date Shigemura (seventh daimyo of Sendai Domain) on the occasion of her marriage to Date Muranaga (sixth daimyo of Uwajima Domain in Iyo Province). It features extravagant maki-e and brilliant paintings of flowers and birds, befitting the family of a daimyo. It is also highly valuable as a cultural piece, since there are only a few similar norimono currently in existence.
ARTIST
Used by Mune Hime (Princess Mune)
Mune Hime (Princess Mune) is a daughter of Date Shigemura (seventh daimyo of Sendai Domain) and married Date Muranaga (sixth daimyo of Uwajima Domain in Iyo Province) in 1785. Her Buddhist name is Kanshoin. As a wife of the daimyo, she raised her son Muraaki as well as the daughter of Muranaga. Munetada, who later became the seventh daimyo, was also raised by Mune Hime. When she died in 1820, Mune Hime’s furniture was passed down to Masa Hime (the seventh daughter of Munetada) and was moved out of the Date family when Masa Hime married to the Matsudaira family in the Shimabara Domain in 1858.
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