Writing Box with a Chintz Pattern

Inai Guokuho, c. 1910 - c. 1925

The graceful pattern on this box is derived from the colourful, woodblock-printed fabric (chintz, in Japanese sarasa), which the Dutch East India Company had brought to Japan in previous centuries. The cream-coloured ground reflects the natural colour of the cotton cloth. As white lacquer could not yet be produced, Gyokuho used ground shells for this.

  • Artwork typeschrijfcassette
  • Object numberAK-C-2016-4
  • Dimensionswidth 24 cm x depth 21.3 cm x width 26.8 cm x depth 24 cm, height 4.3 cm, height 8.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicslakwerk