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A popular pastime in the Edo period was a game in which a group of players passed around incense and guessed its name or scent. Small pieces of incense would be placed on thin mica plates and heated over hot ash, releasing their aroma for the players to smell. Players then cast their guesses with playing pieces. The game master kept score with the writing set. This game is handsomely decorated with images of deer in an autumn setting.
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103349
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Ten-Round Incense Game
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103349
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object
title
Ten-Round Incense Game
description
A popular pastime in the Edo period was a game in which a group of players passed around incense and guessed its name or scent. Small pieces of incense would be placed on thin mica plates and heated over hot ash, releasing their aroma for the players to smell. Players then cast their guesses with playing pieces. The game master kept score with the writing set. This game is handsomely decorated with images of deer in an autumn setting.
date
1700s–mid-1800s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79506625
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Lacquer
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 23 x 25.4 x 16.6 cm (9 1/16 x 10 x 6 9/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1921.405
Source extras
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Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e) and mother-of-pearl inlay, metal fittings
tombstone
Ten-Round Incense Game (秋草に鹿文蒔絵十種香箱), 1700s–mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e) and mother-of-pearl inlay, metal fittings; overall: 23 x 25.4 x 16.6 cm (9 1/16 x 10 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Trumbull Ladd, 1921.405
titleInOriginalLanguage
秋草に鹿文蒔絵十種香箱
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
The blue and white porcelain containers in which the heated incense was passed feature designs of foreigners.
citations
citation
MacLean, J. Arthur. “Recent Gift of George Trumbull Ladd.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 5 (May 1921): pp. 79–80, 87.
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Mentioned: pp. 79, 80
citation
“Accessions.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 5 (May 1921): 84–85.
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Mentioned; p. 84
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Gift of George Trumbull Ladd
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2026-05-29 05:35:00.933000
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103349
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e) and mother-of-pearl inlay, metal fittings
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