Jadai Kagami (Mirror of Historical Eras): Beauty of the Meiwa Era

​ARTIST: Yōshū Chikanobu

PUBLISHER: Matsuki Heikichi

PLACE OF ORIGIN: Japan

DATE: 1897

MATERIALS: Paper

CLASSIFICATION: Japanese Art, 

OBJECT NUMBER: LYMA-066-JK36​

INSET: Shell buckets. Paired octagonal wood-based lacquer-decorated containers with fitted inroubuta zukuri 印籠蓋造 lids used since the Heian period for storing shells ("Kaioke")