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Writing Box ‘Kannon with the Willow Branch’
Also titled Schrijfdoos ‘Kannon met de wilgentak’
Shirayama Shosai (1853–1923)
c. 1890 - c. 1900
- Medium
- wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), gold (metal), silver (metal)
- Classification
- schrijfcassette
- Dimensions
- length 22.9 cm x width 18.9 cm x height 4 cm x height 6.3 cm x width 21.4 cm x length 25.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from Jan Dees & René van der Star
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
On lotus slippers, the Buddhist goddess Kannon descends from the clouds onto Lotus Paradise Island. This lotus paradise is depicted on the inside of the box. Kannon is welcomed by the music of flute and drum, as can be seen on the silver water-dropper. Writing paper can be kept under the tray containing the inkstone and the waterdropper.
