Medicine case with cranes and waves, 1810s-1820s
Hara Yōyūsai; Designer: Sakai Hōitsuexpand_more
Black lacquer with gold and silver maki-e and shell inlay; silk cordexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.424.1a-f
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Inrō, sometimes called “medicine cases,” were used to carry a variety of small articles, not just medicine. The owner would typically hang an inrō over a sash worn at the waist. The inrō was connected by a cord to a counterweight, called a netsuke, which kept it from falling off. This lacquer inrō was produced by Hara Yōyūsai who decorated it with a motif of cranes and waves designed by the Rinpa painter, Sakai Hōitsu.
Details
- Title
- Medicine case with cranes and waves
- Artist Life
- 1761 - 1828
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.424.1a-f
- Provenance
- Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Hosomi (gifted in 1987); Mary Burke (1987-2015)
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 804
- Curator Approved
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