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1. Guri Incense Container<\/strong> This piece is particularly decorative even among guribori works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Small Metal Kettle<\/strong> A cute small kettle <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n 3. Yatate (portable writing set)<\/strong> A Yatate was a portable writing set. Its small ink container made it possible to write with a brush when away from home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n 4. Tonkotsu (Tobacco Box) With Netsuke<\/strong> This is a very rare guribori tobacco box. Tonkotsu were used to carry tobacco. The origin of the name \u201cTonkotsu\u201d remains unclear<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n 5. Tonkotsu With Kiseru Pipe Holder<\/strong> These are very unusual lacquer items depicting Gigaku masks <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Kiseru pipes with a mosaic pattern<\/strong> Two types of pipe that were made using Mokume Gane, damascening, inlaying, and carving techniques to give the effect of metal marquetry. Both the color combinations and colors are modern, giving them an air of glorious gracefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the late Edo …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-find-mokume-gane","end"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Ming dynasty China Lacquer
Height 37.7mm
Diameter 70.2mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* Incense containers are used to store incense. These are used during the tea ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/yakan.jpg\")
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Late Edo period Shakudo, Copper
Height 60mm
Width 70mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entirely made of Mokume Gane, apart from the knob on the lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Find-Mokume-Gane-Chapter-5-Rare-antique-Mokume-Gane-collections-Find-Mokume-Gane.jpg\")
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Late Edo period Shakudo, Copper
Length 210m<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entirely covered in Mokume Hane. Even though it is standard in shape, the use of Mokume Gane gives it a natural feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tonkotsu.jpg\")
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Late Edo period Lacquer
Tobacco Box:
Height: 87.5mm
Width: 76.5mm
Netsuke:
Height: 25.1mm
Width: 43mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/guritonkotsu.jpg\")
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Late Edo period or early Meiji Era
Tonkotsu:
Height: 73mm
Width: 84.3mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These rare pieces are the product of the culmination of guribori design. They are thought to be specially commissioned pieces ordered by an amateur who was a real dandy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mokumeganeya.com\/e\/mokumeganetour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kiseru01.jpg\")
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Mid to late Edo period
Gold, silver, shakudo, shibuichi, copper
Top:
Length: 270mm
Bottom:
230mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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