The Burke Collection
Medicine case (inrō, 印籠) with cranes and waves
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Artists

Hara Yōyūsai

(原羊遊斎; 1772–1845)

Design by Sakai Hōitsu

(酒井 抱一, 1761–1828)

Catalogue information

Edo period, ca. 1815–45

Black lacquer with gold and silver maki-e and shell inlay; silk cord

Case 6.8 x 5.2 cm (2 5/8 x 2 in.); netsuke diam. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

Gift from Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Hosomi, 1987

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

Literature

McKelway 2012, no. 24.
McKelway, Matthew P.
2012
Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828). Exh. cat. New York: Japan Society Gallery.

See full bibliography

Additional details

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Signatures

[on base] Yōyūsai; [on body] Brushed to special order by Hōitsu; [on netsuke] Shin’yōsai Tōju

Seals

[on base] kaō; [on body] Monsen