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- Saddle with Butterflies and Autumn Grasses in Makie
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Saddle with Butterflies and Autumn Grasses in Makie
- Museum No.
- HK37
Photo No：5555-34653
Color type：Monochrome
| Title | Saddle with Butterflies and Autumn Grasses in Makie |
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| Category | Lacquerware (H) |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Edo |
| Century | 18th |
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| Materials | Lacquered wood with makie (sprinkled metallic powder) decoration |
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This saddle may have been produced not for battle but instead for use in Shinto rituals: It is decorated with a floral-lozenge-filled melon crest that is frequently associated with Shinto shrines. Other decorations here include bushflowers and butterflies—hardly military imagery.
Japan-Edo