Tea container (kiku makie onatsume)

Object Details

• Artist

  Michiba Soko

• Description

  Black lacquered tea caddy (natsume), in large size and in Rikyu-preferred form of convex lid and squared shoulders, body narrowing slightly toward base, design of chrysanthemum in metallic gold lustre on top of lid.

  Box contains inscriptions and seal.

• Marks

  Seal.

• Inscriptions

  Inscription.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Yamanaka, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Gift of Gregory Kinsey

• Type

  Container

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• Date

  1980s

• Name

  Michiba, Soko

• Place

  Japan, Yamanaka, Ishikawa prefecture

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), The Kinsey Chanoyu Collection, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Tea ceremony

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Containers