Powdered tea container, with accessories

Object Details

• Artist

  Sei'ami (active late 16th century)

• Description

  Object is a dark brown lacquer container, with a fitted lid and a slightly recessed base. The object is housed in a green and gold brocade drawstring pouch which fits into a deeply lidded wood box. For futher details about these and other wrappings associated with this object, see notes field.

• Marks

  Incised on base, left side: "Sei"

• Inscriptions

  See inscriptions on accessories in the notes field.

• Provenance

  Prince of Kaga Collection, Kanazawa, Japan [1]

  S. Yabumoto, Tokyo [2]

  To 1998

  Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, New York City, purchased from S. Yabumoto [3]

  From 1998

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Peggy and Richard M. Danziger in 1998

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 4 in the object record: Ex-collection "Maeda house of Kaga (Kanazawa)."

  [2] See Note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)

  Storage Boxes and Accessories (June 22, 2003 to January 4, 2004)

  Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Maeda daimyo of Kaga

  S. Yabumoto

  Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1590s, 1570s

• Name

  S., Yabumoto, Maeda, daimyo of Kaga, Danziger, Peggy and Richard M.

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Tea, Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Japanese Art, Lacquer

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Containers