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Set of a stationery box and ink-stone box with Uji-river and firefly design in makie

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Iizuka Toyo Ⅰ ( ?-1790 )

  • Edo period, dated 1775
  • makie on lacquered wood
  • 1 set

Crafts – Lacquerware

A piece decorated with fireflies flying about boisterously, at the Ujigawa river. The outside of the box is gold ground, and the bridge and stakes are expressed with kanagai ( gold plates ) creating a gorgeous scene brimming with gold. It has an inscription of Iizuka Toyo ( ?-1790 ), a makie craftsmen serving for Tokushima domain, and can be accurately dated. It was passed down within the Hachisuka family.(「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003)

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Title/Name Set of a stationery box and ink-stone box with Uji-river and firefly design in makie
Other Title/
Name
Artist/
Creator
Iizuka Toyo Ⅰ
Period/Era Edo period
Century
Quantity 1 set
Dimensions
Material/
Technique
wood lacquer maki-e
Signature/
Inscriptions
Accessories/
Contents
Country/
Origin
Excavation
Site
Related
Place
Tokyo Tokyo Tokushima
Provenance
Collection
No.
SZK003121
Category CraftsLacquerware
Cultural
Property
Designation
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Set of a stationery box and ink-stone box with Uji-river and firefly design in makie

Set of a stationery box and ink-stone box with Uji-river and firefly design in makie

A piece decorated with fireflies flying about boisterously, at the Ujigawa river. The outside of the box is gold ground, and the bridge and stakes are expressed with kanagai ( gold plates ) creating a gorgeous scene brimming with gold. It has an inscription of Iizuka Toyo ( ?-1790 ), a makie craftsmen serving for Tokushima domain, and can be accurately dated. It was passed down within the Hachisuka family.(「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003)