JAPON, Epoque EDO (1603-1868), XVIIIe siècle
Important armor box called "Daimyo Hitsu
quadrangular shape, black lacquered wood "ro-iru-nori" with a decoration of Mon type "kuyō", the arms of the Hosokawa clan, in gold and green polychrome and coral of scrolls of peony flowers, the brass fittings incised with scroll decoration, two side handles.
Height : 64,5 cm
Length : 145 cm
Depth : 64 cm
Provenance : Bought in the 1990's from the Ariane Dandois gallery
A lacquer box with the arms of the Hosokawa clan presented in the collections of the MET Museum (ref. 2015.500.2.28), a Jinbaori with the same arms present in the collections of the Eisei Bunko Museum.
