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.
2012
Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828). Exh. cat. New York: Japan Society Gallery.
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 804 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Signatures
[on base] Yōyūsai
; [on body] Brushed to special order by Hōitsu
; [on netsuke] Shin’yōsai Tōju
Seals
[on base] kaō
; [on body] Monsen