Cabinet for Storing Incense Wood

18th century (Edo)

14.5 cm 11 cm 9 cm

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Since at least the 10th century, incense has perfumed the robes of Japanese aristocrats, and before that it was used to create an otherworldly atmosphere in Buddhist temples. Expertise concerning tiny pieces of exotic aromatic woods led in the 15th and 16th centuries to the cr...

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19356
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Minoda Chojiro, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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