Medicine Case (Inro)
makerAfter
Kajikawa
(Japanese, 1652 - 1724)
Datelate 19th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumLacquered wood with gold, silver, red and black takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and togidashimaki-e with cutout gold foil on gold ground
Dimensions9 x 4 cm (3 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBoxes
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU18e74
eMuseum ID719300
Previous NumberU18e54.6
EmbARK ObjectID13424
TMS Source ID2357
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, 91, 93, no. 40g. (as by Kajikawa, dated late 19th century)
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), p. 411.
“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, 91, 93, no. 40g. (as by Kajikawa, dated late 19th century)
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), p. 411.
MarksNotesInscribed: made by Kajikawa
Seal: Kajikawa
Seal: Kajikawa
ProvenanceNotesGift from the American music publisher and orientalist Rudolph E. Schirmer (1859-1919) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1909.
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