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Tobacco Box
Ritsuô, 1663 - 1747
Depicted on this portable tobacco box, is the ghost of the servant Okiku. She accidentally broke a set of costly plates for which her master imprisoned her. Okiku managed to escape and threw herself in a well, in which she drowned. Here her ghost rises up out of the well. The chrysanthemums (kiku) refer to her name.
- Artwork typetobacco box
- Object numberAK-MAK-703
- Dimensionsheight 9.7 cm x width 8.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm x length 23 cm