1996.242.42.A-E: Mirror Box (Kagamibako) and Tiered Incense Container (Jūkōgō) with Flowering Clematis Design

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1996.242.42.A-E

Title

Mirror Box (Kagamibako) and Tiered Incense Container (Jūkōgō) with Flowering Clematis Design

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Kagamibako, Jūkōgō

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

Mid Edo period, early 18th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/196934

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques

Dimensions

6.4 x 14.6 cm (2 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: The mirror box is inscribed on its inner surface with a poem celebrating the samurai spirit.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes; Gift of Elaine Ehrenkranz

Accession Year

1996

Object Number

1996.242.42.A-E

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Symbol and Substance: The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/29/1998 - 01/03/1999; Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 12/10/2000 - 02/18/2001

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