Five-case inro with design of a landscape with cherry trees and a waterfall
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
mid-18th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground with a mixture of gold hirame and kinpun creating a gold ground; decoration in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with uchikomi in the rocks and much use of gold and silver foil for the cherry blossom; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 8.2 x 5.3 x 2.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9878
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
Collections
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
Koma School
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-18th century
