Poem Card Box with Lid
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)
1868–1912
- Medium
- wood with lacquer
- Dimensions
- Overall: 37.5 x 7.1 cm (14 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- lacquer
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
About
Long, decorated cards for the calligraphic presentation of poems are called tanzaku in Japanese. This box is a collaboration between the designer Kamisaka Sekka and the lacquer artist Iwamura Sadazō. Together, they crafted this box with a golden bamboo lid, and filled it with cards decorated with gold leaf designs.
