Red-Figured Lekane 赤絵手レカネあかえでれかね

Description

珍しい形をしたこの壺は、レカネと呼ばれ、おそらく香料などを入れるための入れ物であったと想像される。左右に直立した2つの把手、整った蓋、6つの突起したボタン状の飾りをつけた格調高い容器である。壺の前後には一枚布を身体に巻きつけた形のドレーパリー姿に髪飾りをつけた6人の貴婦人たちが戯れる様子が細筆を用いて生き生きと描き出されている。こうした手法は赤絵（または赤像式ともいう）と呼ばれ、赤い地の色を生かしつつ、影絵のように対象物以外の部分を黒く塗りつぶす形で表現されている。

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The artworks whose digital images are shown in the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database are public-domain works whose copyrights had expired. With regard to any rights including copyright that we have as a result of our production of digital images, CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) is applied to the digital images.

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The Japanese Council of Art Museums

　The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. 　JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).

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January 9, 2026