Toiletry Box with Maki’e and Raden

Wood with lacquer, maki’e and mother-of-pearl inlay (raden)
Length 42.4 cm, width 36.4 cm, depth 6.6 cm
Meiji era　19th century-20th century

Toiletry Box with <i>Maki’e</i> and Raden
  • H008976
Toiletry Box with <i>Maki’e</i> and Raden_0
  • H008979
  • 2011/02/28
Toiletry Box with <i>Maki’e</i> and Raden_1
  • H008976
  • 2011/02/24

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This is a box for storing robes and personal belongings. A stylized and modern bamboo fence is depicted in vivid black, green and red lacquer at the base of the box’s interior. Pieces of lead affixed to the fence create a rich sense of materiality, and shimmering mother of pearl inlay (raden) offers gorgeous accents throughout.
 
MIMOTO ShusakuEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.330, no.233. 

Accession Number 1452-0
Category Decorative Arts
Bibliography Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, 354p.

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