Golden Treasures: Japanese Gold Lacquer Boxes - Erik Thomsen

19Feathers Paper Box羽 根 蒔 絵 飾 箱 »Feathers Gold Lacquer Paper Box«Yoshio Okada 岡 田 嘉 夫 (b. 1977)Heisei era (1989 – ), 2008H 1 ½" × L 11 ¾" × W 10 ¾"(3.9 cm × 30.1 cm × 27.5 cm)Box for square shikishi drawing/poem paper. Themirror surface of the lid is decorated with a togidashidécor of feathers floating between cloudsof nashiji on the roiro black lacquer ground. Themakie feathers that are executed in powders of silverand several hues of gold seem to drift abovebrown-lacquer feathers deep inside the lid, impartinga three-dimensional feeling. The inside of thebox is decorated with nashiji gold flakes and thebottom is in roiro mirror-black lacquer.The Feathers Paper Box was exhibited at the 37thAnnual Traditional Arts of Japan in Kinki Exhibitionin 2008, where it was illustrated in the accompanyingcatalog.The box comes with its original kiri-wood tomobakobox that is inscribed on the lid » 羽 根 蒔 絵 飾 箱 «(Feathers Gold Lacquer Paper Box) and signed»Yoshio-zō« (made by Yoshio) with a red seal markreading »Yoshio.«40