Medicine Case (Inro)
makerAfter
Kajikawa
(Japanese, 1652 - 1724)
Dateearly 19th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumLacquered wood with gold, silver, and red takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and togidashimaki-e with cutout gold foil on black lacquer ground; red lacquer netsuke
Dimensions9 x 4 cm (3 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBoxes
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU18e54
eMuseum ID719328
Previous NumberU18e54.7
EmbARK ObjectID13423
TMS Source ID2356
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 146. (as Japanese, dated 18th-19th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 30 (28 Mar. 1965), p. 2.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 89-90, 93, no. 40f. (as probably a 19th century forgery of Kajikawa Yoshiro)
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 411, 414 fig. 12.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 30 (28 Mar. 1965), p. 2.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 89-90, 93, no. 40f. (as probably a 19th century forgery of Kajikawa Yoshiro)
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 411, 414 fig. 12.
MarksNotesSigned: made by Kajikawa [possibly forged]
Seal: Kajikawa [possibly forged]
Seal: Kajikawa [possibly forged]
ProvenanceNotesGift from the American music publisher and orientalist Rudolph E. Schirmer (1859-1919) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 10 April 1909.
