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Incense Box (Kōgō) with Camellias

Unrecorded maker

13th century · Carved red lacquer

Incense Box (Kōgō) with Cartwheels Submerged in Water

Unrecorded maker

15th century · Lacquered wood with gold togidashimaki-e and hiramaki-e on nashiji (“pear-skin” ground)

Covered Incense Box (Kōgō) with Tree Peonies

Unrecorded maker

16th century · Carved wood with red and black lacquer; Kamakura-bori ware

Incense box with guri pattern

Unrecorded maker

16th century · Carved wood with red and black lacquer (Kamakura-bori)

Incense Box in the Shape of a Book

Unrecorded maker

early 19th century · Inner tray of ivory, sprinkled gold lacquer, inlaid metal, shell and colored lacquer

Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Plum Blossom

Unrecorded maker

first half 19th century · Porcelain with polychrome overglaze enamels and overglaze gold (Kutani ware)

Incense box in shape of a chrysanthemum blossom

Unrecorded maker

1615–1867 · Dry lacquer, red over black

Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Peach

Unrecorded maker

second half 19th century · Lacquered wood; gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, and cut-out gold foil application (kirikane)

Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji

Unrecorded maker

second half of the19th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e

Incense Box (Kogo) with Design of Iris and Bridge (Yatsuhashi)

Yamada Jōkasai (1681–1704) (d. 1704)

19th century · Gold-speckled aventurine (nashiji) lacquer with sprinkled and polished design (hiramakie)

Incense box in the shape of a folding fan

Unrecorded maker

late 19th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e on “pear-skin” (nashiji) ground

Pair of Incense Boxes (Kōgō) in the Shape of Mandarin Ducks

Unrecorded maker

second half of the 19th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and togidashimaki-e, cutout gold foil application