Writing Box

anonymous, 1775 - 1825

The decoration on lacquer writing materials usually refers to a poem or story only indirectly. The oi (a basket carried on one’s back), here set among rampant vines, refers to an episode from The Tale of Ise, in which a traveller is overcome by a feeling of sadness while walking on an overgrown path through the mountains.

  • Artwork typesuzuribako, schrijfcassette
  • Object numberAK-MAK-151
  • Dimensionsheight 2 cm x width 14.5 cm x depth 16.2 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Writing Box

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-151

  • Description

    Buitenzijde deksel en doos versierd met een berglandschap, wijnranken en een oi (soort doos om op de rug te dragen) in goud en zilver.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    1775 - 1825

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 2 cm x width 14.5 cm x depth 16.2 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Nishimura, Kyoto, 1930)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer Nishimura, Kyoto, ¥ 210, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1930;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • Lee Bruscke-Johnson, 'Dew Drops and Dancing Plovers: Literary Themes in Japanese Lacquer in the Rijksmuseum', Aziatische Kunst 26/1 (1996), pp. 31-38.

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