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Shikki 漆器 (Japanese Lacquer Ware)

For other examples of Japanese lacquer work see Kabin 花瓶 / Hanaire 花入 (Japanese flower vases): Lacquer; Kōgō 香合 (incense boxes); and Natsume 棗 or usucha-ki 薄茶器 (caddies for thin tea).

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Echizen_lacquer_Korindo_letter_box (156K) lacquer_bowl_view2 (246K) lacquer_box_1 (469K) lacquer_box_2 (105K) makie_box_1_side (276K) Nishimura_box_side (231K) Tesage-Jubako_side (84K) Wajima_lacquer_tray (177K) Zohiko_roundbox (60K) Zohiko_Nishimura_2tier_box (197K)


Echizen_lacquer_Korindo_letter_box (156K)
Creator.Corporate Name: 光琳堂.
Creator.Corporate Name: Kōrindō.
Description: black Echizen lacquer ware letter box (fumibako 文箱) with beveled edges by Kōrindō; maki-edesign of an orchid plant on the lid; lined interior; with tomobako.
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: dimensions 12.8 x 9.84 in., height 2.36 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail:
Echizen_lacquer_Korindo_letter_detail (137K) 		Side view:
Echizen_lacquer_Korindo_letter_side (66K)
Top view:
Echizen_lacquer_Korindo_letter_top (68K) 		Tomobako:
Echizen_lacquer_Korindo_letter_tomobako (97K)
Seal on tomobako:
Echizen_lacquer_Korindo_letter_tomobako_seal (89K)
lacquer_bowl_view2 (246K)
Creator: Unknown.
Description: lacquer wood bowl with a design of autumn grasses— akikusa 秋草—etched on a black background and filled with gold lacquer; crimson interior lacquer; unmarked.
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: diameter 9 in., height 3 1/8 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail:
lacquer_bowl_detail (251K) 		Detail:
lacquer_bowl_detail2 (231K)
Interior:
lacquer_bowl_interior (148K) 		Lid:
lacquer_bowl_lid (336K)
lacquer_box_1 (469K)
Creator: Unknown.
Description: black lacquer box with gold and red floral design on the cover; twentieth century.
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: length 4 1/4 in. x width 2 7/8 in. x height 1 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
lacquer_box_2 (105K)
Creator.Name: Unknown.
Description: deep red lacquered storage box with a blue and red colored makie design of flowers; unmarked.
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: 3 in. high and 9.7 in. long x 4.5 in. wide.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Side view:
lacquer_box_2_side (112K) 		Detail:
lacquered_box_2_detail (197K)
Interior:
lacquered_box_2_interior (114K) 		Top view:
lacquered_box_2_top (89K)
makie_box_1_side (276K)
Creator: Unknown.
Description: two-drawer black lacquered wooden box with gold makie 蒔絵 design of leaves and gilt edges; unmarked.
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: length 6.5 in. x width 4 in. x height 4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Front view:
makie_box_1_front (304K) 		Back view:
makie_box_1_back (283K)
Nishimura_box_side (231K)
Creator.Corporate Name: 象彦.
Creator.Corporate Name: Zōhiko.
Description: lacquer bunko (文匣 storage box for documents or books) with a gold makie design of cranes bearing twigs of the three plants that are called the "Three Friends of Winter" (pine, plum blossom, and bamboo); signed on the bottom with a gold lacquer seal for the Zōhiko Company (Kyoto).
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: 1.7 in. hign and 11.3 in. long x 8.3 in. wide.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Lid:
Nishimura_box (304K) 		Detail:
Nishimura_box_detail (592K)
Seal:
Nishimura_box_seal (370K)
Tesage-Jubako_side (84K)
Creator: Unknown.
Description: Two tiered black lacquered wooden food box (jubako 重箱) with gold makie 蒔絵 design of butterflies and dragonflies; with handle and carrier; unmarked.
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: length 7.8 in. x width 6.8 in. x height 7 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Trays and carrier:
Tesage-Jubako_1 (64K) 		Detail:
Tesage-Jubako_detail (68K)
Detail:
Tesage-Jubako_detail_2 (210K) 		Side view:
Tesage-Jubako_corner (95K)
Wajima_lacquer_tray (177K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unknown.
Description: black lacquer tray with gold and silver makie; unmarked.
Subject: Trays—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: 14.5 in. X 14.5 in. square.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail:
Wajima_lacquer_tray_detail (179K) 		Detail:
Wajima_lacquer_tray_detail_2 (185K)
Side view:
Wajima_lacquer_tray_side (119K)
Zohiko_roundbox (60K)
Creator.Corporate Name: 象彦.
Creator.Corporate Name: Zōhiko.
Description: black lacquer 3 tier box with gold and silver makie cranes; Zohiko seal on bottom.
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: 6 in. diameter X 5 in. high.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Interior:
Zohiko_roundbox_interior (47K) 		Detail:
Zohiko_roundbox_lid (59K)
Mark:
Zohiko_roundbox_mark (25K) 		Tomobako:
Zohiko_roundbox_tobiko (52K)
Zohiko_Nishimura_2tier_box (197K)
Creator.Corporate Name: 象彦.
Creator.Corporate Name: Zōhiko.
Description: small black and red lacquer 2 tier box with a paulownia leaf design on the lid; Zohiko seal on bottom.
Subject: Wooden boxes—Japan.
Subject: Lacquer and lacquering—Japan.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: lacquered wood.
Measurements: width 4.4 in., height 3.9 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Interior:
Zohiko_Nishimura_2tier_box_interior (190K) 		Top view:
Zohiko_Nishimura_2tier_box_top (221K)
Mark:
Zohiko_Nishimura_2tier_box_mark (143K) 		Side view:
Zohiko_Nishimura_2tier_box_side2 (135K)

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