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Stationery box with sea shell design in maki-e

Ogawa Haritsu1663/1747

Suntory Museum of Art

Suntory Museum of Art
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

The stationery box has exteriors of black lacquer and interiors of dense pear-skin ground (nashiji). The lid has bands of shells and seaweed, with the direction in which the seaweed is flowing changing in each band, giving a very leisurely sense of the currents. This box has shells and seaweed on two of the corners on the body. Pieces of over-glaze enameled porcelain and mother-of-pearl were used in the marquetry forming the many varieties of shellfish, while the seaweed is in gold and silver maki-e. The upper surface of the lid of this box carries the signature “Ritsuo” in maki-e and the seal “Kan” in marquetry, evidence that this box was made by Ogata Haritsu (1663-1747). Haritsu, a native of Ise, studies haikai poetry in Edo and produced Tosa-style paintings and lacquerware. His use of marquetry, imbedding ceramics, lead, tin, carved cinnabar lacquer, ivory, and other materials into maki-e, was quite innovative; such work is thus known as Haritsu marquetry,

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  • Title: Stationery box with sea shell design in maki-e
  • Creator: Ogawa Haritsu
  • Creator Lifespan: 1663 - 1747
  • Creator Nationality: Japan
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Birth Place: Said to be from the Ise Province
  • Date Created: 1663/1747
  • Location Created: Japan
  • Physical Dimensions: w313 x h145 x d405 cm
  • Object Title (Japanese): 貝尽蒔絵料紙箱
  • Object Date (English): Edo period (first half of 18th century)
  • Category (Japanese): 漆工
  • Artist Name (Japanese): 小川破笠
  • Type: Lacquerware
  • Rights: Suntory Museum of Art, Suntory Museum of Art
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