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Lot 63
A LACQUER WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO) DEPICTING SCENES OF THE SUMIYOSHI SHRINE
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Closed5 December 2017
Price Realised
GBP 5,625
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Specialist note
The Sumiyoshi Shrine is located at the southern part of Osaka and is dedicated to four Shinto deities, each housed in a building of its own. The shrine offered protection and prosperity for sailors, fishermen, poets and merchants.
A Torii gate on the right of the cover marks the entrance to Sumiyoshi Shrine. The buildings, seen at the top left, are in the simple Sumiyoshi style of architecture, roofed with cedar bark. A distinctive arched bridge (taikobashi) crosses a water between the gate and the shrine precinct. The bridge, characteristic of all depictions of Sumiyoshi, is said to have been donated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) and his consort Yodogimi in the Keicho era (1596-1615). Other familiar elements of this shrine landscape are the groves of pine trees depicted on both sides of the cover and the inner tray.
A Torii gate on the right of the cover marks the entrance to Sumiyoshi Shrine. The buildings, seen at the top left, are in the simple Sumiyoshi style of architecture, roofed with cedar bark. A distinctive arched bridge (taikobashi) crosses a water between the gate and the shrine precinct. The bridge, characteristic of all depictions of Sumiyoshi, is said to have been donated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) and his consort Yodogimi in the Keicho era (1596-1615). Other familiar elements of this shrine landscape are the groves of pine trees depicted on both sides of the cover and the inner tray.