Set of Soup Bowls with Young Pine, Cranes, and Turtles 若松鶴亀蒔絵吸物椀ワカマツツルカメマキエスイモノワン
Description
These lacquered bowls have auspicious patterns of pines, cranes, and turtles in silver makie. They seem to have been ordered in the year 1830 by the Hiromi family’s predecessors and later gifted to the newly formed Hiromi household, established in 1835. The family has preserved them ever since.
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026