Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji

Japan

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This small incense box was created in the shape of a book. On the cover, suspended from a branch of a blossoming cherry tree, is a long poem-card (tanzaku) inscribed with a poem from Chapter 8, “A Banquet Celebrating Cherry Blossoms” (Hana no En).

Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji, Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e, Japan

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Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji, Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e, Japan
Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji, Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e, Japan
Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji, Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e, Japan
Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji, Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e, Japan

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