Small incense container (kōbako)

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 3241.1-2
Type: object for daily use; lacquers
Date of production:
mid-19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Materials/Techniques: wood, lacquer (maki-e), brass fitting, mother-of-pearl inlay
Dimensions: height 22.9 cm
width 7.5 cm
Small incense container (kōbako) with an illustration of Chapter 23 of Genji Monogatari, “The First Warbler”. Unsigned.