Tobacco box, netsuke, ojime, tray, Japan
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tobacco box, netsuke, ojime, tray in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number W.365:1 to 4-1922), made in Japan, attributed to Chōhei. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco box decorated with genji mon and kiku mon, wood and lacquer, by Chōhei, Japan.
Museum description: Tonkotsu (tobacco box) decorated on the brushed natural wood ground in gold takamaki-e with a genji crest for one of the chapters of the Genji monogatari, a kiku mon (chrysanthemum crest) at one side on the rounded top of the tonkotsu. The interior is decorated with a kiku mon in gold hiramaki-e. The museum records it as Wood, gold takamaki-e (high relief maki-e) and hiramaki-e (low relief maki-e), measuring Height 5.5 cm; Width 8.1 cm; Depth 2.6 cm.
These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- lacquer, wood
- Dimensions
- Height 5.5 cm; Width 8.1 cm; Depth 2.6 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Wood, gold takamaki-e (high relief maki-e) and hiramaki-e (low relief maki-e)
- Maker recorded
- Chōhei
- Place recorded
- Japan
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco box, netsuke, ojime, tray
- Museum object number
- W.365:1 to 4-1922
- Museum system number
- O458222
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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