Discover our beautiful collection of works by one of Japan's most influential artists.
Impey, Oliver, and Joyce Seaman, Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period 1868-1912, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), no. 37 on p. 78, pp. 8, 22, & 74, illus. pp. 78-79
cloisonné, koro, kōro
Decorative technique in which wires are attached to a metal body and coloured enamels are applied between the wires.
A Japanese incense burner.
A Japanese incense burner.
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