Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi
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.
Artwork Details
- 2代由木尾雪雄作
- Title: Writing Box (Suzuribako) and Writing Table (Bundai) with Pines at Takasago and Sumiyoshi
- Artist: Yukio Yukio II (Japanese, 1860–1929)
- Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Date: early 20th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground, silver inlay, silver fittings
- Dimensions: Writing box: H. 2 in.; W. 9 in.; L. 9 3/4 in.
Table: H. 4 7/8 in.; W.14 1/2 in.; L. 24 in. - Classification: Lacquer
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.2.54a–o
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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