Description
Long, decorated cards for the calligraphic presentation of poems are called tanzaku 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.
Provenance
Leighton R. Longhi, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1991); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1991-)
Accession Number
1991.120
Medium
wood with lacquer
Dimensions
Overall: 37.5 x 7.1 cm (14 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.)
Classification
Lacquer
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi
