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Writing Box with Design of Grapes and Eulalia in Maki-e Lacquer Writing Box with Design of Grapes and Eulalia in Maki-e Lacquer

Mid Edo Period (18th c.)/Lacquered wood

H 5.5 cm, W 23.0 cm, D 24.0 cm

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SUMMARY

This writing box is square, covered with a lid with four round corners and a raised shape. The surface of the lid is lacquered in black and decorated with kirikane (cut metal) grapevines and gold lacquer leaves. The image of the grapevine moving diagonally downward from the upper left has been beautifully designed, without losing picturesque freedom. On the back of the lid is the moon, represented by lead flakes, along with a cluster of eulalia grass. Poetic sentiments of autumn dance against a background of scattered gold dust maki-e. This piece seems to condense the entire painting world of Musashino Plains into the handicraft of a writing box.

INFORMATION

Exhibiton history

8 25, 2019 (Sun.)~9 29 (Sun.)

This Is Japan In Kyoto From The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)

6 19, 2008 (Thu.)~8 24 (Sun.)

Eternal Treasures of Japan: The Art of the Samurai National Museum of the Cultural Complex of the Republic (Brasilia, Brazil)

8 24, 2006 (Thu.)~11 19 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Curitiba, Brazil)

11 3, 2004 (Wed.)~11 28 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art Exhibition Kagawa History Museum (Kagawa, Japan)

9 18, 1997 (Thu.)~1 18 (Sun.)

Maki-e Lacquer & Oriental Ceramics Hofburg Silberkammer (Vienna, Austria)

3 15, 1995 (Wed.)~5 12 (Fri.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Inter-American Development Bank, Cultural Center (Washington D. C., USA)

1 26, 1992 (Sun.)~3 22 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Kunstlerhaus (Vienna, Austria)

5 29, 1989 (Mon.)~7 23 (Sun.)

Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection Taplow Court Oriental Gallery (Taplow Court, UK)

5 3, 1988 (Tue.)~8 24 (Wed.)

Eternal Treasures of Japan: Japanese Art Collection from the TFAM Collection Institute of France, Jacquemart-Andre Museum (Paris, France)

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