Seikado Bunko Art Museum
Selected Masterpieces of Lacquerwares from The Seikado Collection:
The Beauty Inherited in the World of URUSHI
October 8th (Sat.) - December 11th (Sun.) , 2016
List of Works
◎Important ｃultural propertieｓ ○Important art objects
□：10/8～11/6　■：11/8～12/11
1
◎Emperor Xuanzong (China, Tang dynasty) beating a
drum to encourage flowers to bloom sooner , and a
scene from the Momiji-no-ga chapter of The Tale of
Genji rendered in mitsuda-e (litharge oil painting) and
other lacquer decoration techniques.
Momoyama to tearly Edo period, 17th century
Emperor Xuanzon beating a drum・・・screen: on display : 10/8～11/20
11
Box with design of four seasons' flowers and trees in
maki-e .
Attributed to Yamamoto Shunshō.
Edo period.18-19th century.
Momijino-ga chapter of Tale of Genji・・・screen: on display : 11/8～
12/11
2
Incense burner in akoda (pumpkin) shape with
chrysanthemum design, in maki-e .
Muromachi period, 15-16th century.
12 Attributed to Yamamoto Shunshō.
3
Small box in fan shape with peach design in maki-e .
Edo period.18-19th century.
13 pearl inlay.
4
Fubuki -type-shape powdered tea container, with
chrysanthemum design in maki-e and mother-of-pearl
inlay.
Edo period.18-19th century.
5
Large natsume (container of powdered tea) with flower
design, in polychrome lacquer, maki-e and mother-ofpearl inlay.
By Ema Chōkan(1881-1940)
Taishō to Shōwa period. 20th century.
6
Small table with four legs, with inscription means,
"Made in June, in the 3rd year of Sho-ou (1288‐92)",
Negoro type.
Kamakura period.13th century.
7
Black lacquered bowl with three legs, Negoro type.
Kamakura to Muromachi period, 13th-14th century.
□
8
Red lacquered lobed tray, Negoro type.
Late Muromachi to Momoyama period, 15th-16th
century. ■
9
○Noh song book cabinet with design of autumn grass
and characters in maki-e.
Edo period, 17th century. □
Candy box with design of autumn grass in maki-e .
Edo period.18-19th century.
Box with design of overlapping circles in mother-ofEdo period. 17th century. ■
Box with autumn grass and cobwebs design in maki-e .
14 Edo period, 18th century.　■
Box with cloud design in maki-e .
15 Edo period. 17-18th century. □
Writing box with design of the moon and waves in maki-
e.
16 Signed:Shimizu Kuhei.
By Shimizu Kuhei
Edo period, 17-18th century.
17
Writing box with design of "Kinki-shoga"(4 instruments
- harp, chess, books, paintings - for noble pastime) in
maki-e .
Edo period, 18th century.
18
Writing box with design of Mt. Fuji in maki-e . Signed:
Kanshōsai.
By Iizuka Tōyō Ⅰ(other name Kanshōsai).
Edo period, 18th century.
Inrō with design of snowy banana trees in maki-e .
10
◎Writing box with design from the poem "Sumino-e no
…" in maki-e and metal decoration.
By Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716)
Edo period, 18th century. ■
Signed: Kanshōsai.
19 By Iizuka Tōyō Ⅰ(other name Kanshōsai).　(1725-90)
Edo period, 18th century.
Round shaped red sandalwood netsuke. Unsigned.
20
Inrō with design of the Six Immortal Poets in maki-e .
Signed: Tōshi kinbyo (cordially made).
By Iizuka Tōyō Ⅱ(other nameTōshi).
Edo period, 18th century.
Carved wood netsuke with design of Hōju (a wishing
jewel) in maki-e . Signed: Moei.
21
Writing box with landscape design in maki-e . Signed:
Koma Yasutada saku .
By Koma Yasutada. (?-1758)
Edo period, 18th century.
22
Shelf with design of landscape in every season in makie . Signed: Koma Yasutada saku .
By Koma Yasutada. (?-1758)
Edo period, 18th century.
23
Inrō with small boxes with bamboo design in maki-e .
Signed: Koma Kyūhaku saku .
By Koma Kyūhaku.
Edo period, 18th century.
Carved ivory netsuke with design of warazuto (straw
package) with mushrooms. Signed: Anraku.
24
Inrō with autumn grass design in maki-e. Signed: Koma
Kansai.
By Koma KansaiⅡ(1797-1857).
Edo period, 19th century.
Carved ivory netsuke with design of a skeleton and a
wolf. Signed: Shōko.
Writing box and desk with hagi bush clover design in
25 maki-e .
Edo period, 18-19th century. ■
26
Writing desk with Kasugayama (a place with famous
autumn scenery with deer) motif in maki-e .
Edo period, 18-19th century. □
27
Burner flame with chrysanthemum design in maki-e .
Signed and its means; produced by Sakurai Nagakuni,
head of instrument maker of Kasuga-school, maki-e by
Jitokusai Tachibana Gyokuzan, in Edo.
By Sakurai Nagakuni, head of instrument maker, and
maki-e by Tachibana Gyokuzan (maki-e artisan).
Edo period, 19th century.
28
Pillar ornament with design of Chinese poem of banana
tree, related to liquor and tea.
Signed:Ritsuou sei
By Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747).
Edo period, 18th century.
29
Pair of hirobuta (clothes container) with design of
wheels in streams in maki-e .
Signed:Yōyūsai.
By Hara Yōyūsai (1769-1845).
Edo period, 18-19th century.
30
Large natsume (container of powdered tea) with
chrysanthemum design in maki-e .
Signed:Yō
By Hara Yōyūsai (1769-1845).
Edo period, 1817.　□
31
Large natsume ( container of powdered tea) with design
of katawa-guruma (cart wheels floating in water) in
maki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay.
Signed:Yō
By Hara Yōyūsai (1769-1845).
Edo period, 1829.　■
Inrō with design of autumn grass and insects.
Signed: Hoitsu hitsu , Yōyūsai.
By Hara Yōyūsai (1769-1845). Draft drawing by Sakai H
32 ōitsu.(1761-1828)
Carved ivory netsuke with design of deer ornament.
Signed:Anraku.
Edo period, 18-19th century.
33
34
35
Inrō with snow crystal design in maki-e , Signed:Yōyū
sai.
By Hara Yōyūsai (1769-1845).
Edo period, 19th century.
Kagami-buta (covered dish form) type netsuke with
snow crystal design. Unsigned.
Inrō with chrysanthemum design, maki-e on black
lacquer.　Signed: Hokkyō Komin.
By Nakayama Komin (1808-70).
Edo to Meiji period, 19th century.
Carved wood netsuke with butterfly design in maki-e in
incense-box shape. Signed: Komin.
Bamboo incense case, with chrysanthemum design in
maki-e , design borrowed from the “Amayadori” tea
caddy 's container.
By Nakayama Komin (1808-70).
Edo to Meiji period, 19th century.
36
10 bowl lids with various lacquer techniques and
designs, attached to Imari (Arita ware) porcelain
bowls.Signed:Zeshin,Koma etc.
By Shibata Zeshin (1807-91).
Meiji period, 1873.
37
Tiered food box with willow and stream design, maki-e
and "seigaiha-nuri "lacquer.
Signed:Zeshin.
By Shibata Zeshin (1807-91).
Late Edo to Meiji period, 19th century.
38
Box and writing box set with design of square pieces of
fancy paper and strips of paper (to write Japanese
poems on) in maki-e .
Meiji period, 19-20th century.
39
Inrō with hiōgi (the court-style-fan) design, in maki-e .
Signed: Kajikawa "Ying"
Edo period,18-19thcentury.
Carved ivory netsuke with a design of a demon. Signed:
Hōjitsu.
Inrō with design of nanten (heavenly bamboo) and a
stream, black lacquer with gold maki-e and jade inlay.
Signed: Kakōsai.
40 By Shirai Kakōsai.
Edo period, 19th century.
Carved wood netsuke with design of a house and a
garden. Signed: Tomohisa.
51
⦿Tea bowl: Yōhen Tenmoku known as "Inaba
Tenmoku", Jian ware. Southern Song dynasty, 12-13th
century.
Attached tea bowl stand: Black lacquerware, called
"Amagasaki-dai ", Southern Song dynasty, 12-13th
century. ■
52
◎Tea bowl： Yuteki Tenmoku , Jian ware. Southern
Song dynasty, 12-13th century.
Attached tea bowl stand： Vermillion lacquer carving
with flower design. Ming dynasty, 15th century. □
53
Tea bowl: Haikatsugi Tenmoku , Chayang ware.
Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, 13-14th century.
Attached ｔeabowl stand: Guri design in vermillion
lacquer carving.
Yuan to Ming dynasty, 14-15th century.
54
Attached tea caddy case Hikiya for the Karamono
（Chinese） tea caddy, Inaba Hyotan (gourd type), design
with Seirēn (mermaid）, figures and animals.
Southeast Asia, 16th century.
55
○Atacched tray for tea caddy, known as "Rikyu mosso
(Konohasaru nasu)", Karamono (Chinese) ware.
Foliated rim tray with design of small dragons and
clouds in black lacquer carving. Southern Song dynasty,
12-13th century.
46
Tea caddy in nasu (egg plant) shape, known as
"Tsukumo-nasu", Karamono (Chinese) ware.
Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, 13-14th century.
This tea caddy was restored by Fujishige Tōgen and his
son Tōgon, in 1615. ■
56
Atacched tray for tea caddy, known as "Kobu
Katatsuki", Karamono (Chinese) ware.
Square tray in red and green lacquer.
Song to Yuan dynasty, 12-14th century.
47
Tea caddy in nasu (egg plant) shape, known as
"Matsumoto-nasu"(and "Jō-ou nasu"), Karamono
(Chinese)ware.
Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, 13-14th century.
This tea caddy was restored by Fujishige Tōgen and his
son Tōgon, in 1615. □
57 lacquer inlay.
48
Small natsume ( container of powdered tea ), black
lacquer.
By Fujishige.
Momoyama to Edo period, 16-18th century. ■
58 and rocks in mother-of-pearl inlay.
49
Medium size natsume (container of powdered tea),
brownish lacquer.
Signed:Fujishige.
By Fujishige.
Momoyama to Edo period, 16-18th century. □
59 carving.
50
Attached hikiya (tea caddy case) of old-Seto ware tea
caddy in Imonoko (small taro) shape, named
"Amayadori": lacquerware with bamboo body, with
chrysanthemum and poem-paper design, in maki-e .
By Fujishige Tōgon.
Edo period, 17th century.
60 carving. Incised "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi".
41
Inrō with peacock design in maki-e .
Signed: Kajikawa Keishin hitsu ; Senya.
By Kajikawa Keishin(?).
Edo period, 18-19th century.
Carved ivory netsuke with snake gourd design in inlay.
Signed: Rekisai.
Inrō with design of wedding procession of the foxes in
maki-e .　Signed Hisaie.
42
Edo period, 18-19th century.
Carved wood netsuke with design of Ofuku carrying a
matsutake mushroom. Unsigned.
Inrō with design of cherry blossoms and buntings in
maki-e . Signed: Moei.
43
44
By Nakaouji Moei.
Edo period, 19th century.
Carved ebony netsuke with design of a pavilions in a
shell.
Inrō with design of flowers in a basket, carved red
lacquer. Unsigned.
Edo period, 18-19th century.
Red lacquered box netsuke with clematis design.
Unsigned.
Inrō with design of dragon and thunder god in maki-e
45
and mother-of-pearl inlay.
Edo period, 18th-19th century.
Carved wood netsuke with design of clustered masks.
Signed: Gyokuzan.
Box with overlapping circle design in polychrome
Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. ■
Three-legged table with design of winter tree, bamboo
Yuan dynasty, 13-14th century. □
Tray, outside flowers design, in vermillion lacquer
Ming dynasty, 14-15th century.
Foliated tray with design of peony in vermillion lacquer
Ming dynasty, Yongle (1403-24) mark and period.
61
62
Circular covered box with design of figures in landscape,
in vermillion lacquer carving. Incised "Da Ming Yongle
nian zhi"
Ming dynasty, Yongle (1403-24) mark and period.
Circular covered box with design of dragons and clouds
in vermillion lacquer carving. Insiced "Da Ming Xuande
nian zhi".
Ming dynasty, Xuande (1426-35) mark and period.
Rectangular tray with guri design, black lacquer carving.
63 Ming dynasty, 14-15th century.
71
Circular case used for incense container with design of
fishing man: Tai-gong-wang design, in polychrome
lacquer carving.
Ming dynasty, 15-16th century.
Circular case used for incense container, with "Three-
72 Immotals" design, in vermillion lacquer carving.
Ming dynasty, 15-16th century.
Five-lobed tray, with inside black lacquer, and phoenix
73 design in vermillion lacquer carving.
Ming dynasty, 16th century.　□
Six-lobed tray with design of figures, in polychrome
lacquer carving. Incised "Da Ming Wanli Kuiwei nian
zhi".
Ming dynasty, Wanli period, 1583.
64
Hexagonal box with guri design, vermillion lacquer
carving.
Ming dynasty, 15-16th century.
74
65
Circular tiered box and tray with design of figure riding
a horse in black lacquer carving. Signed "Wei Shao song
zhi"
Ming dynasty, 15-16th century. □
75 Ming dynasty, 16th century.
66
Fan-shaped tiered box and tray with design of figures in
black lacquer carving.
Ming dynasty, 15-16th century. ■
67
Lozenge tiered box and tray with design of figures in
mother-of-pearl inlay.
Ming dynasty, 16th century.
Five-lobed tray, black lacquer inside, and guri design
68 with vermillion lacquer carving.
Ming dynasty, 16th century.
Circular covered box with figures and pavillion, peony
69 design, vermillion lacquer carving.
Ming dynasty, 16th century.
Five-lobed tray with design of letter "Fu" (happiness),
70 in vermillion lacquer carving.
Ming dynasty, 16th century. ■
Square tray with zonsei polychrome lacquer inlay.
76
Nine-lobed tray with design of dragon and clouds, in
vermillion lacquer carving. Incised "Da Ming Wanli nian
zhi"
Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period(1573-1620). □
77
Six-lobed tray with design of dragon and clouds, in
vermillion lacquer carving. Incised "Da Ming Wanli nian
zhi"
Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period(1573-1620). ■
Rectangular tray with design of a pair of dragon and
78 phoenix in mother-of-pearl inlay.
Ming dynasty, 16th century.
Rectangular box, with design of figures and pavillions,
79 black lacquer with ivory inlay.
Ming to Qing dynasty, 17th century.
Square tray with design of flower and birds, in
80 polychrome lacquer　carving.
Ming to Qing dynasty, 17th century.
Rectangular tray with design of figures, lacquerware
81 with colored lacquer painting.
Ming to Qing dynasty, 17th century.
Black lacquered square tray with mother-of-pearl inlay,
82 in melon design.
Qing dynasty, 17th century.
Black lacquer bowl with mother-of-pearl and haku-e
83 (gold foil decoration), in bird and flower design.
Qing dynasty, 18th century.
Set of tray with design of flower and birds, lacquerware
91 with haku-e (gold foil decoration).
Ryūkyū Kingdom, 17-18th century.
Rectangular tray with design of chrysanthemums and
92 figures, polychrome lacquerware.
Ryūkyū Kingdom, 17-18th century.
Tiered box and case with design of peony and figures,
93 lacquerware with polychrome molded decoration.
Ryūkyū Kingdom, 17-18th century.
84
Covered box in shape of chrysanthemum flower, with
design of flowers and butterflies in polychrome lacquer
inlay. Incised, "Da Qing Qianlong nianzhe, Yingxun
xianhe".
Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)
94
85
Circular box in shape of drum, with design of peach
tree, trunk shaped in letter "shou"(happiness) , in
polychrome lacquer inlay.
Qing dynasty, 18-19th century.
95 mother-of-pearl and tortoise-shell inlay.
Black lacquered rectangular tray with flower scroll and
86 butterfly design, mother-of-pearl inlay.
Qing dynasty, third year of Jiaqing (1798).
Black lacquered rectangular tray with grass and insect
87 design, with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Qing dynasty, 18th century.
Set of black lacquered square tray with butterfly design,
88 with colored stones and gems inlay.
Qing dynasty, 18-19th century.
Tray with design of flowers and birds in haku-e (gold
89 foil decoration) and mitsuda-e (litharge oil painting) on
lacquer. Ryūkyū Kingdom, 16-17th century.
Tray with design of flowers and birds, lacquerware with
90 mitsuda-e (litharge oil painting) .
Ryūkyū Kingdom, 16-17th century.
Black lacquered stand screen, with design of
"Qingming " picnic season in springtime in mother-ofpearl inlay.
Ryūkyū Kingdom, 18-19th century.
Black lacquered box with lotus-scroll design, with
Choson dynasty, 16‐17th century.
Black lacquered tray with peony-and-scroll design, in
96 mother-of-pearl inlay.
Choson dynasty, 17-18th century.
Lacquered box with grapevine and squirrel design, in
97 mother-of-pearl inlay.
Choson dynasty, 18th century.
Box decolated with mother-of-pearl plated.
98 Choson dynasty, 19th century.
Black lacquered tray in fish and water-weed design, in
99 mother-of-pearl inlay.
Choson dynasty, 19th century.
Kōgō , incense container, with koma (a spinning top)
100 design.
China or Southeast Asia, 17-19th century.
Kōgō , incense container, with lion design in Kim-ma
101 lacquerware.
Thailand or Myanmar, 17th century.
Betel box with Ramayana story design in polychrome
102 lacquerware.
Thailand or Myanmar, 18-19th century.