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Long, decorated cards for the calligraphic presentation of poems are called <em>tanzaku </em>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.
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155795
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Poem Card Box with Lid
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155795
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Poem Card Box with Lid
description
Long, decorated cards for the calligraphic presentation of poems are called <em>tanzaku </em>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.
date
1868–1912
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CC0
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en
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Q79944214
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1115
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Lacquer
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import
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Overall: 37.5 x 7.1 cm (14 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.)
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
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1991.12
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tec
wood with lacquer
tombstone
Poem Card Box with Lid, 1868–1912. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942). Wood with lacquer; overall: 37.5 x 7.1 cm (14 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi, 1991.120
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
Poems written on long poetry cards, or <em>tanzaku,</em> are often collected into albums called<em> tekagami</em> in Japanese.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 80, no. 2, 1993, pp. 38–79.
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Mentioned: no. 393, p. 77
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Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
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2026-05-29 08:05:38.333000
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155795
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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wood with lacquer
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