Toiletry Box with Maki’e and Raden

Plain Wood
L: 33.3cm, W: 24.2cm, H: 10.8cm
Taishō era　20th century
Taishō 13-Shōwa 3　1924-1928

Toiletry Box with <i>Maki’e</i> and Raden
  • H029481
Toiletry Box with <i>Maki’e</i> and Raden_0
  • H029480
  • 2015/02/24
Toiletry Box with <i>Maki’e</i> and Raden_1
  • H029481
  • 2015/02/24
Toiletry Box with <i>Maki’e</i> and Raden_2
  • H029482
  • 2015/02/18
Toiletry Box with <i>Maki’e</i> and Raden_3
  • H029483
  • 2015/02/18

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This piece replicates a Red Sandalwood Straight Line Inking String Tool in the Shōsō-in Repository(Middle Section 116). Made of red sandalwood, thedesign was painted in gold, while the original used silver paint. The original piece was discovered in1904, and it is highly likely Hanko did restorationwork on it. 
Object label 

Accession Number 1471-0
Category Decorative Arts
Bibliography Mater Works in Wood by Three Generations in the Kiuchi Family : Kihachi, Hanko, Shōko : Feature Exhibition. Nara National Museum, 2015, 64p. (Japanese)

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