PEONIES KÔRÔ INCENSE BURNER – EDO
Reference: 2019-719
Incense burner in lacquer, hexagonal and curved shaped, decorated with hira and takamaki-e in gold and silver lacquer on a nashi-ji background, peonies along the banks of a river and a mount. The lid has a cruciform opening.
A mon is affixed to one side of the diffuser. It is the mon of the family Ōkubo (大久保)a family belonging to the Fudai-Daimyo house (the vassals of the Tokugawa family). The head of the family was created Daimyo by the Tokugawa family in 1684. From 1725 to 1850, the family lived in Karasuyama (Shimozuke). Their fortune is estimated in 1850 at 30 000 Koku of rice. The Ōkubo clan is a leading samurai clan during the Sengoku and Edo periods.
Japan – Edo period (1603-1868)
Height: 2.56 in / 6.5 cm – length: 2.05 in / 5.2 cm – width: 1.178 in / 4.5 cm