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Kōgō 香合 (incense boxes): Gallery 3 |
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Creator.Personal Name: 加藤健,
1947- Creator.Personal Name: Kato Takeshi, 1947- Description: sacred jewel (nyoi-hoju 如意宝珠); glazed yellow Seto ceramic ware (ki-seto yaki 黃瀨戶陶器); mark on the bottom; signed and sealed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.3 in., height 2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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今井政之, 1930- Creator.Personal Name: Imai Masayuki, 1930- Description: circular box; unglazed ceramic ware with the Chinese oracle bone script character 寅 on the lid—one of the 12 earthly branches used in reckoning time; mark on the bottom; signed and sealed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.7 in., height 1.2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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國田領治. Creator.Personal Name: Kunita Ryoji. Description: eggplant shaped box; lacquered wood; mark on the bottom; signed and sealed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquer and wood. Measurements: length 4.3 in., width 1.4 in., height 1.4 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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中村宗悦. Creator.Personal Name: Nakamura Soetsu. Description: biwa 琵琶 (short-necked fretted lute); lacquered wood; signed and sealed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquer and wood. Measurements: length 4.2 in., width 1.8 in., height 0.8 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: square box; Ki-seto ceramic ware; unidentified kiln mark on bottom; signed and sealed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: width 2.7 X 2.6 in., height 1.6 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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川崎和楽. Creator.Personal Name: Kawasaki Waraku. Description: monkey dressed as a Shinto priest*; polychrome glazed Raku ceramic ware; mark on bottom; signed and sealed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: width 2 X 1.7 in., height 3.7 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. *There is a long tradition of such animal caricatures in Japan. See, for example, the Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画). |
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Creator.Corporate Name: 鏑木. Creator.Corporate Name: Kaburaki. Description: circular box with domed lid; Kutani ceramic ware with chrysanthemums on the outer suface and a garden scene on the inner surface of the lid; mark on bottom reads: Kutani made by Kaburaki* 九谷鏑木製. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: width 2.1, height 2.2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. Kaburaki web site. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: circular box; Seto ceramic ware with plum blossom on the lid; unidentified mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 1.1 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: circular box; Celadon ceramic ware with plum blossom on the lid; unmarked. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.1 in., height 1.1 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: Daruma figurine; Celadon ceramic ware; unmarked. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: length 2.4 in., height 1.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: Goose shaped box; Celadon ceramic ware; unmarked. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: length 2.3 in., height 1.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: Mouse on a bale of rice; Celadon ceramic ware; unmarked. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: length 2.1 in., height 1.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: circular box; Shino ceramic ware; unidentified mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2 in., height 1.7 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: square box; Shino ceramic ware; unidentified mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: 2.25 in. square, height 2.2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: square box; Shino ceramic ware; unidentified mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: 2 in. square, height 1.25 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: square box; Shino ceramic ware; unidentified mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: 2.1 in. square, height 1.25 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: circular box; yellow glazed (ki-kochi) ceramic ware; rabbit design on interior of lid; unidentified mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: 2.1 in. square, height 1.25 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: circular box; black lacquered wood with maki-e mapleleaf pattern; unmarked. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 2.7 in., height 0.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: circular box; lacquered natural wood with maki-e flower and leaf pattern; unmarked. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 1.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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大塩正初. Creator.Personal Name: Ōshio Seisho. Description: circular box; glazed akahada ceramic ware; mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.3 in., height 1.9 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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木村陶峰. Creator.Personal Name: Kimura Toho. Description: rabbit shaped box; Bizen stoneware; mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: width 2.8 in., length 2.0 in., height 2.2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Corporate Name: Mihama kiln (Wakayama
Prefecture) Description: circular box; glazed Kishu ceramic ware; chrysanthemum design on lid; unmarked; with tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.9 in., height 1.2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: 錦正
(野崎正二) Creator.Personal Name: Kinsei (Nozaki Seiji) Description: circular box; creamy white Satsuma porcelain ware with overglazed geometric design around the box; marked with potter's artist name: Kinsei 錦正; with tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.8 in., height 1.4 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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正佐々木, 1922-1997. Creator.Personal Name: Tadashi Sasaki, 1922-1997. Description: oblong box; black Oribe ware; marked with artist's name: Tadashi; with tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: length 2.1 in., height 2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: 耕一. Creator.Personal Name: Kōichi. Description: circular box with handle; lacquered natural wood; mark on bottom; with tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 1.5 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified. Description: box with chicken perched on thatched roof; Bizen ceramic ware; mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: length 1.8 in., width 2.4 in., height 3 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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福田善朗. Creator.Personal Name: Fukuda Yoshirō. Description: circular box; lacquered wood with gold maki-e and mother-of-pearl design of morning glory flowers; mark on bottom; with signed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 2.8 in., height .86 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified. Description: globular box with handle; ceramic ware; unidentified mark on base. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.9 in., height 2.7 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified. Description: oblong box with horse design on lid; Hagi ceramic ware; unidentified mark on bttom; with tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: width 2.9 in., length 2.2 in., height 1.1 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified. Description: globular box with abstract design; ceramic ware in sunkoroku (Thai pottery) style; unidentified mark on bttom; with tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 2.2 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified. Description: circular box with chrysanthemum pattern; celadon ceramic ware; unidentified mark on bottom. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.15 in., height .96 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: circular box with gold maki-e abstract pattern; black lacquered wood; unmarked. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 2.9 in., height .7 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: 栄峰. Creator.Personal Name: Eihō. Description: Kyoto ware ceramic box with blue pattern of ginko leaves on a white background; mark on bottom; small chip on lip of lid; with signed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: 2.2 in. square, height 2.8 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: 友山. Creator.Personal Name: Yūzan. Description: Kutani ware round box with polychrome floral pattern; mark on bottom; with signed tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 1.4 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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Creator.Personal Name: 東谷. Creator.Personal Name: Higashitani*. Description: round box with inlaid chrysanthemum pattern on Korean blue porcelain; mark on bottom; with tomobako. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Pottery, Japanese. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: ceramic (material) Measurements: diameter 3.2 in., height 1.1 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. Other readings of the characters for the artist's signature could be: Azumaya, Tōtani, Higashidani, etc. |
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Creator.Personal Name: Unknown. Description: round box with lotus flower maki-e on red lacquered wood; unmarked. Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan. Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan. Style.Period: Modern. Material.Medium: lacquered wood. Measurements: diameter 3 in., height 1.4 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. |
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