Inkstone Box with bridge design: detail

Creator:

Honami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦, 1558-1637 (attributed)

Published/Created:

ca. 1600-1637

Physical Description:

24 x 23 cm
makie

Notes:

Based on poem by Minamoto no Hitoshi, in Gosen wakashu (f. 10, love poem 2), which refers to Funabashi in Azuma (eastern Japan). Poem is about crossing a bridge and remembering a lover.

Variant Titles:

Funabashi ink stone box

Topics:

Lacquer -- Japan -- Momoyama period, 1573-1615 -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

MY2660B

Genre:

containers: boxes (AAT)
desk sets (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Title:

Asian Collection (Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan Personal Collection)

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo National Museum

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 316405

OID:

583391

PID:

digcoll:2065173