Sutra case with Tokugawa shogunate family crests

18th century

Japanese

Wood with gilt and twill woven silk covering and metal fittings

L.: 17 1/2 in.

Diam.: 4 1/2 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

60.81

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum, 1960.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime, July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Noble Splendor: Art of Japanese Aristocrats, July 28, 2018 - Mar. 3, 2019.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Gentleman Warrior: Art of the Samurai, Mar. 16 - Dec. 1, 2019.

Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 133

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