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Collections

Kajikawa Bunryūsai
Willow Tree and River [Inrō/Netsuke Ensemble]early 19th century

Not on view
Japanese lacquer inro with midnight-black ground and gold landscape decoration of weeping willows and winding path, suspended on orange braided cord with carved dark wood netsuke

Kajikawa Bunryūsai, Willow Tree and River [Inrō/Netsuke Ensemble], early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. G.W. Mead, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kajikawa Bunryūsai
Title
Willow Tree and River [Inrō/Netsuke Ensemble]
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
[inrō] Gold takamakie with togidashi lacquer on black lacquer ground; [netsuke] ivory
Dimensions
a) inro: 4 × 2 × 1 1/8 in. (10.1 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. G.W. Mead
Accession Number
M.59.35.1a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Beckett, Sister Wendy. Sister Wendy's American Collection, Toby Eady Associates, ed. Harper Collins Publishers, 2000.