源氏物語草紙蒔絵香合|Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji

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second half of the19th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e · Asian Art

This small incense box was created in the shape of a book. On the cover, suspended from a branch of a blossoming cherry tree, is a long poem-card (tanzaku) inscribed with a poem from Chapter 8, “A Banquet Celebrating Cherry Blossoms” (Hana no En).

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half of the19th century

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), 1937