橅夫蒔絵硯箱|Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Woodcutter
19th century
Medium
Black and gold lacquer on wood with gold maki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay
Dimensions
(a): H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); D. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) (b): H. 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); D. 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
Classification
Lacquer
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Nathan Hammer, 1958
Accession Number
58.169a, b
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About the Artist
Ogata Kōrin · 1658–1716
Noted as one of the most important Japanese artists of the 17th century; known for paintings of irises and other subjects. He was regarded, along with Sotatsu, as one of the masters of the Sotatsu-Koetsu school of decorative painting, including painted screens and textile designs. He was descended from a samurai who had served under the Ashikaga rulers.