Inro (Medicine Case) with Design of Hawk and Pine Tree in Maki-e Lacquer 松鷹杜若水鶏蒔絵芝山象嵌印籠 銘 芝山／奇成斎（花押）
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印籠というのは本来は印判や印肉を納める容器であるが、江戸時代には携帯用の薬入れとして用いられるようになった。4、5段重ねに仕切った偏平な小型容器で、紐が付いて腰に下げられるようになっている。印籠細工は江戸時代の工芸の最も特色ある一分野となった。印籠には在銘品も多く、本作品の作者芝山は青貝や象牙などの象嵌細工をよくした芝山仙蔵のことで、作品は芝山細工と称された。
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Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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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).
Last updated
January 9, 2026