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Rintei

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

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Description

Maker

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

Techniques

Supports

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

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.386

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Asian Art Galleries

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.

Use

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