Room 37 | Japan 1600-1850 gallery
Discover the arts of the Edo period (1600-1868) from porcelain to lacquer to painting.
Galleries : 175 objects
Inrō with fighting cocks, attached to a netsuke and an ojime
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- wooden inrō, covered in fundame lacquer, with hiramaki-e lacquer decoration in gold, nashiji lacquer decoration in gold, and inlaid with aogai; ivory netsuke, with carved decoraiton, and hiramaki-e lacquer decoration in gold; coral ojime; cord, probably silk and a replacement
- Dimensions
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inrō 7.1 x 6 x 1.7 cm max. (height x width x depth)
netsuke 1.7 cm (height)
netsuke 4.2 cm (diameter)
ojime 1.5 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › shell › pearlshell,organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory,processed material › metal › gold,organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
- Object type index
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clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › inro,
- No. of items
- 6
- Accession no.
- EAX.590
Glossary (5)
fundame, hiramaki-e, lacquer, nashiji, netsuke
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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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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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nashiji
(‘pear skin ground’) tiny, irregularly shaped flakes of gold embedded in amber coloured wet lacquer and then polished to a fine sheen
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netsuke
The netsuke is a form of toggle that was used to secure personal items suspended on cords from the kimono sash. These items included purses, medicine cases or tobacco paraphernalia.
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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