Poem Card Box with Lid
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)
1868–1912
Medium
wood with lacquer
Dimensions
37.5 × 7.1 cm
Classification
Lacquer
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
Accession Number
1991.120
Tags
gender unknown
About this artwork
Long, decorated cards for the calligraphic presentation of poems are called tanzaku in Japanese. This box is a collaboration between the designer Kamisaka Sekka and the lacquer artist Iwamura Sadazō. Together, they crafted this box with a golden bamboo lid, and filled it with cards decorated with gold leaf designs.