THE PROPERTY OF A LONDON COLLECTOR
A WOVEN AND INLAID SHIKISHIBAKO [POEMPAPER BOX]
WITH SIGNATURE RITSUO AND INLAID CERAMIC SEAL KAN (AFTER OGAWA HARITSU, 1663-1747), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The woven bamboo box of rectangular form with overhanging cover, decorated in lacquer and inlaid in ceramic and mother-of-pearl with a heron by omodaka [arrow-head] and a stream, the eyes inlaid in pale and dark cow horn, the edges in gold and silver nashiji, the interior in sparse gold and silver nashiji, with a brocade cover
22.7 cm. long

Literature:
Mike and Hiroko Dean, Nihon no Shikki Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition (Kyoto, 1984), no. 14

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The decoration of this boxis set against a fine basketwork surface. The Haritsu style specialised in the combination of unusual materials such as pottery, bone, lacquer, shell, bamboo and wood. This sophisticated taste and modern approach appealed to literati circles in the eighteenth century.

For the boxes in woven bamboo with inlays by Ogawa Haritsu, refer to this example and this example at the V&A, London.