Object details
Accession number
U18e74
Primary Creator
Kajikawa
(Japanese, 1652 - 1724)
Full title
Medicine Case (Inro): Rooster and Hen
Creation Date
late 19th century
Provenance
Gift from the American music publisher and orientalist Rudolph E. Schirmer (1859-1919) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1909.
Marks
Inscribed: made by KajikawaSeal: Kajikawa
Dimensions
9 x 4 cm (3 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Display Media
Lacquered wood with gold, silver, red and black takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and togidashimaki-e with cutout gold foil on gold ground
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert 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.
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