Inkstone case with poetic scenes of Shio no yama

Artwork · Anonymous · 15th century · inkstone case · Kyoto National Museum

An inkstone case decorated in gold maki-e on a red lacquer base with inset silver rocks: a landscape evoking Shiogama, the salt flats on the north-eastern coast that were a favourite image of melancholy solitude in poetry, gardens and design. 1 Mason 2005, p. 178, fig. 206. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.