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Rintei

Camellias and tea-utensil box (Seika: Tsubaki to chabako), 1820's

Description

Maker

  • Unknown
  • Rintei, 19th century, Japanese

Culture

Japanese

Title

Camellias and tea-utensil box (Seika: Tsubaki to chabako)

Year

1820's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • embossing

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 19.7 x 16.7 cm (7 3/4 x 6 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left: #48/[iIllegible]; verso, bottom center:99.5/99.10; in a later hand verso, bottom left:[Shunman][text and poems] Poems by [first character trimmed] Kamon?; Murasaki Imon; Yayoi Hinamaru

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.386

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Samurai At Leisure

November 26, 2019 - May 24, 2020

Rintei’s still-life depiction of a flower arrangement and a lacquered tea-utensil box aptly conveys some of the implements essential to the tea ceremony. Avidly pursued by members of the warrior class, the ritual of tea fostered the appreciation and collection of related objects made in diverse materials, such as the ceramics
across the room. Decorated with landscape scenes, the lacquer box is a portable set that would have held tea bowls, tea caddies, and other tea-making equipment, including the bamboo tea scoop lying beside it. The hanging vase of blue and white porcelain with a blossoming camellia adds to the aesthetics of the assemblage.

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Camellias and tea-utensil box (Seika: Tsubaki to chabako) with the accession number of 34.386. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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