{"id":339,"date":"2014-04-03T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/a-world-of-objects\/?p=339"},"modified":"2014-01-31T20:47:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:47:08","slug":"suzuri-bako-writing-case-late-17th-early-18th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/suzuri-bako-writing-case-late-17th-early-18th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzuri-bako (writing case), late 17th\u2013early 18th century"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_340\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12.b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\" wp-image-340 \" alt=\"Suzuri-bako (writing case), late 17th\u2013early 18th century, 1925.12\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12.b-300x283.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12.b-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12.b-450x425.jpg 450w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12.b-250x236.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12.b.jpg 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ogata Korin<br \/>Japanese, 1658\u20131716<br \/>Suzuri-bako (writing case), late 17th\u2013early 18th century<br \/>wood, gold &amp; silver maki-e and inlay on lacquer ground<br \/>Gift of Helen W. Merrill (Mrs. Earle A., Bowdoin Class of 1889)<br \/>1925.12<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This Japanese writing case comprises a brush compartment, a stone for grinding and mixing ink, and a small pot for water. During the Edo Period (1603\u20131867), most literate people in Japan owned a writing case, though the quality of the craftsmanship would vary according to the socioeconomic standing of the owner. Ogata Korin, one of the most prominent artists of his day, designed the box. The fabrication would have been left to lacquer craftsmen who were highly skilled in the time-consuming application of numerous coats of thinly applied tree sap. The \u201csprinkled design,\u201d or maki-e, seen in between the folds of the stream, is made by embedding flakes of gold and silver leaf into a still-wet layer of lacquer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_341\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-341  \" alt=\"Suzuri-bako (writing case), late 17th\u2013early 18th century, 1925.12\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12-287x300.jpg\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12-430x450.jpg 430w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12-250x261.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/1925.12.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ogata Korin<br \/>Japanese, 1658\u20131716<br \/>Suzuri-bako (writing case), late 17th\u2013early 18th century<br \/>Gift of Helen W. Merrill (Mrs. Earle A., Bowdoin Class of 1889)<br \/>1925.12<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Japanese writing case comprises a brush compartment, a stone for grinding and mixing ink, and a small pot for water. During the Edo Period (1603\u20131867), most literate people in Japan owned a writing case, though the quality of the craftsmanship would vary according to the socioeconomic standing of the owner. Ogata Korin, one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14,22,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-adornment","7":"category-communication","8":"category-interior-lives","9":"category-objects","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}