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橅夫蒔絵硯箱|Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Woodcutter
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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

Tags

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Nathan Hammer, 1958

Classification

Lacquer

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Ogata Kōrin

1658–1716Japan

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.