A lacquer cabinet (kodansu)

EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A lacquer cabinet (kodansu)
Edo-Meiji period (19th century)
The small rectangular chest with door fitted with a silver latch and hinges opening to reveal three drawers with silver pulls decorated in geometric floret and wave patterns in gold togidashi, the inside of the door divided into two zig-zag panels, one of chrysanthemums and one of pine branches, the exterior of the box decorated with the Nunobiki Waterfall and cherry blossoms treated as a continuous composition on the top and front panels, the side panels with a stream with rocks and petals of cherry blossoms in gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashi, takamaki-e, okibirame, kirikane and tsukegaki on a nashiji ground; the rims in fundame, the drawers and the base with nashiji, the handle silver
7¼ x 5 x 6½in. (18.4 x 12.7 x 16.5cm.)

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The celebrated scenery embellishing this box is a classic motif of Japanese literature and art. The word nunobiki means "stretched cloth," here realized as a silken cascade descending across the top and door. The cabinet was made to hold incense in a suite of accoutrements for the incense event. For a kodansu with imagery of the Nunobiki Waterfall, see Barbra Teri Okada, A Sprinkling of Gold: The Lacquer Box Collection of Elaine Ehrenkranz (Newark: The Newark Museum, 1983), cat. no. 18.

EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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