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Source Description
"Shikishi" is decorated paper, upon which would be written a Japanese or a Chinese poem. The poem sheets could be kept in boxes like this one, turned into albums, or mounted on screens or as hanging scrolls. This box mimics in appearance two overlapping sheets of traditional "shikishi"-the lower a silver sheet with swirling clouds, the upper a golden sheet decorated with autumn flowers by a stream, with flakes of gold confetti sprinkled at the top.
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Document identity
localId
21962
label
Box for Poem Papers
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
21962
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box for Poem Papers
description
"Shikishi" is decorated paper, upon which would be written a Japanese or a Chinese poem. The poem sheets could be kept in boxes like this one, turned into albums, or mounted on screens or as hanging scrolls. This box mimics in appearance two overlapping sheets of traditional "shikishi"-the lower a silver sheet with swirling clouds, the upper a golden sheet decorated with autumn flowers by a stream, with flakes of gold confetti sprinkled at the top.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 19th century (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
shikishi bako
boxes
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.7
height
20.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 15/16 x W: 8 1/16 in. (17.7 x 20.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
med
lacquer
creator_ids
5987
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
2883
Page inventory
seq
1
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photo
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fc140355d4e968d7
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no
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no
seq
2
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photo
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90e5e9069408d0c9
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no
hasDescription
no