LOT 1646 SEIMIN: A BRASS AND SILVER INLAID \'TRAVELER IN RAIN\' YATAT...
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Description SEIMIN: A BRASS AND SILVER INLAID 'TRAVELER IN RAIN' YATATE, EDOBy Seimin, signed Seimin 正民with kaoJapan, 19th century, Edo Period (1615-1868). The yatate comprising a fudezutsu (brush holder) cast as a bamboo stalk and incised with further bamboo branches, the reverse signed SEIMIN with kao, and a sumitsubo (inkwell) in bamboo stalk form, the hinged lid with silver fittings and incised on top with a traveler hiding under his hat while running from a sudden shower.Condition: Very good condition, minor wear, and casting flaws. Provenance: The Strong National Museum of Play, accession number 78.1330 (lacquered to the base of the inkwell). Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969) grew up in a prosperous family of collectors. Her interests ranged so widely that by 1960 she had amassed more than 27,000 collectible items and works of art. The vast majority of her collections related in some way to play and as her accumulation grew, Margaret planned a museum to house her collection. It eventually opened to the public in 1982, and grew dramatically over the following decades, expanding its collections, facilities, and resources, now spanning over 285,000 square feet. Today, the Strong National Museum of Play (known as just The Strong Museum or simply The Strong) is the only collections-based museum in the world devoted solely to the study of play.Weight: 77 gDimensions: Length 18 cmThe scene on the cover of the sumitsubo with a traveler covered under a rain mantle and a woven hat running from the rain, was likely inspired by a related scene by Ando Hiroshige in his famous wood-cut print entitled 'Sudden Shower at Shono' from the series Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Highway (1834–35).
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