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Calligraphy box and table
Cultures of JapanEdo Period (1603-1868)
Mudec - Museum of Cultures
Milan, Italy
The maple leaf motif, here created on lacquer with the hiramakie (sprinkled flat relief gold paint) technique, appears in numerous poem illustrations and paintings. The image is associated with the custom of going to the Tatsuta river, in Nara Prefecture, to admire the autumn colours.
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Details
- Title: Calligraphy box and table
- Creator: Cultures of Japan
- Date Created: Edo Period (1603-1868)
- Location Created: Japan
- Physical Dimensions: w 57 cm
- Type: Box
- Rights: Carlo Giussani Collection - Museum of Cultures, Milan - GIAP 555, 675, 773
- Medium: Lacquered wood decorated with sprinkled low-relief gold gilding
- Collocazione: Currently not on view
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