Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi

Yukio Yukio II Japanese

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In the Noh play Takasago, the Takasago and Sumiyoshi pine spirits are personified as an elderly couple, wearing humble dress. With its well-known symbol of matrimonial happiness, this writing set was likely made as a wedding gift. The Tokyo-based maki-e master Yukio Yukio II was awarded a gold medal for his lacquer work at the 1900 Paris World Exposition.

Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan

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Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi, Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929), Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings, Japan

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