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Ten-Round Incense Game
The collection record classifies this work as lacquer. It is dated 1700s–mid-1800s. Recorded culture or place: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868).
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- Museum title
- Ten-Round Incense Game
- Date
- 1700s–mid-1800s
- Culture / origin
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Materials and technique
- Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e) and mother-of-pearl inlay, metal fittings
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23 x 25.4 x 16.6 cm (9 1/16 x 10 x 6 9/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1921.405
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
A popular pastime in the Edo period was a game in which a group of players passed around incense and guessed its name or scent. Small pieces of incense would be placed on thin mica plates and heated over hot ash, releasing their aroma for the players to smell. Players then cast their guesses with playing pieces. The game master kept score with the writing set. This game is handsomely decorated with images of deer in an autumn setting.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of George Trumbull Ladd · CC0
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