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Large hand-drum core (ōtsuzumidō, 大鼓胴) with grapevines and squirrels

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Catalogue information

Momoyama period, late 16th century

Black lacquer with gold maki-e and pictorial pearskin ground (e-nashiji, 絵梨地)

H. 28 cm (11 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Minamoto Toyomune et al. 1973, no. 57

Minamoto Toyomune

1973

Budō (Grapes). Nihon no mon’yō (Decorative designs of Japan), 13. Kyoto: Kōrinsha.

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Murase 1975, no. 103

Murase, Miyeko

1975

Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Pekarik 1985b, fig. 2

Pekarik, Andrew

1985b

“Japanese Lacquer: Some Aesthetic Considerations.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 124–27.

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Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 107

Tokyo National Museum

1985a

Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.

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Avitabile 1990, no. 110

Avitabile, Gunhild

1990

[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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Murase 2000, no. 89.

Murase, Miyeko

2000

Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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