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A suzuribako with an overhanging lid, decorated with motifs associated with festivals and other seasonal events. The outside of the lid depicts an itomaki (silk-winder) and a set of tato or shikishi (folded decorative papers). These are emblems of the Tanabata festival in the seventh month, celebrating the one day of the year when, according to an early Chinese legend, the Kengyu (Herd Boy) and Tanabata or Shokujo (Weaving Girl) are allowed to meet. The inside of the lid is decorated with kamibina (paper dolls), alluding to the Girls' Festival on the third day of the month, and a branch of shakuyaku (herbaceous peony); in the corner, a choshi (sake-pourer) and a nest of sakazuki. The base of the box portrays a hagoita (battledore) and a single chrysanthemum blossom.
The Khalili Collections
London
Title
Writing Box (Suzuribako)
Date
c.1860–1870
Medium
wood, bronze, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikane, keuchi, seidonuri, fundame & shell
Accession number
19
Work type
Sculpture
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