The Burke Collection

Maki-e (蒔絵, Sprinkled Picture)

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Incense box (kōgō, 香合) with pines and plovers
Incense box (kōgō, 香合) with autumn grasses
Incense box (kōgō, 香合) with peacock
Incense box (kōgō, 香合) with cart wheels partially submerged in water
Box with herdboy on an ox
Nanban (南蛮) cabinet with geometric patterns and deer, birds, fish, plants, and cart wheels partially submerged in water
Stacked food boxes (jūbako, 重箱) with stripes
Ewer for hot water (yutō, 湯桶) with wisteria
Sutra box with lotus flowers and two seed syllables (shuji, 種字) for White-Robed Kannon (白衣観音) and Juntei Kannon (准胝観音)
Writing table (bundai, 文台) with melons and squirrels
Writing box (suzuribako, 硯箱) with Nanban (南蛮) figures
Lobed incense burner with metal cover
Writing box (suzuribako, 硯箱) with owl
Box with chrysanthemums and flowing water
Incense box (kōgō, 香合) with paired cranes
Writing box (suzuribako, 硯箱) with reeds and water
Sake container with ducks
Writing box (suzuribako, 硯箱) with poem from Kokin wakashū (古今和歌集)
Storage box containing handwritten 41-volume Taiheiki (太平記)
Picnic set with plants from the four seasons
Portable chest (sagetansu, 提箪笥) with wisteria
Writing box (suzuribako, 硯箱) with a poem from Shin kokin wakashū (新古今和歌集)
Writing box (suzuribako, 硯箱) with bridge and waves
Kimono stand (ikō, 衣桁) with scrolling foliage and hollyhock crests
Box and case for Noh flutes named “Winter Wind” (Kogarashi, 木枯し)
Stacked food boxes (jūbako, 重箱) with “Whose Sleeves?” (Tagasode, 誰袖)
Towel stand (tenugui kake, 手拭掛) and cosmetic case with hollyhock crests
Box and assorted implements for the incense game
Mirror case with design of pinks
Boxed set for shell-matching game (貝合せ)
Pumpkin-shaped box
Storage box for monk’s robe (kesabako, 袈裟箱)
Stacked food boxes (jūbako, 重箱) with taro plants and chrysanthemums
Zodiac calendar in the shape of a hanging scroll
Comb and pin with cranes
Shelf stand with scenes from Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei, 近江八景)
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