WOOD (PAULOWNIA) BOX

Lacquer on wood

Lacquer on wood with Namban-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and harigaki (linear incising) techniques, and with raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and e-nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques

Maki-e lacquer;

Kamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core

Lacquer on wood with decoration in black, gold, silver, and red utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with glazed-ceramic and tortoiseshell inlays

Lacquer on wood

Lacquer on paulownia wood

Lacquer

Temmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques and with sheet-lead and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and metal fittings