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Incense container (kōgo) in the shape of a paulownia blossom

Momoyama period
17th century

Medium/Technique Cloissoné and wood with gold lacquer
Dimensions 2 x 8.3 x 8.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
Accession Number2024.2810
ClassificationsLacquer works

InscriptionsShippō go san kiri mon (Cloisonné with design of five-three (petals on center and outekr stems) paulownia blossom design) kōgo (incense container) on paulownia box lid; Kokōan nanajū-san (aged 73) on lid reverse. Shippō kiri kōgo (Cloissoné paulownia incense container on kura tag.

ProvenanceHosomi Ryo, Kokōan (b. 1901 – d. 1978), Osaka. 1985, sold by Hosomi Yoshiyuki, Osaka to Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, New York; 2024, gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger to the MFA.(Accession Date: June 18, 2024)