Room 37 | Japan 1600-1850 gallery
Discover the arts of the Edo period (1600-1868) from porcelain to lacquer to painting.
Galleries : 175 objects
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Inrō with animals in a landscape
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- wood, covered in fundame lacquer, and with hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and kirigane lacquer decoration; silk cord, probably a replacement
- Dimensions
- 9.6 x 4.7 x 3 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › gold,organic › animal › animal product › silk,
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clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › inro,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented, 1976.
- Accession no.
- EA1976.40
Glossary (5)
fundame, hiramaki-e, kirigane, lacquer, takamaki-e
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fundame
Very fine gold powder densely sprinkled onto wet lacquer, giving a smooth, matt surface.
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hiramaki-e
(‘flat sprinkled design’) coloured or metal powders sprinkled onto a wet lacquer ground and usually covered with a protective layer of lacquer
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kirigane
(‘cut gold’) metal foil (often gold) cut into various shapes and individually set into a lacquer ground
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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
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takamaki-e
(high relief sprinkled design’) makie technique in which parts of the design are built up with lacquer mixed with charcoal or clay dust
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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