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Saddle with Chrysanthemums

菊螺鈿鞍
Saddle with Chrysanthemums (菊螺鈿鞍)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Lacquerware · Kamakura period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Lacquerware
Date
1201–1400
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-158936

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With its surface covered in minutely detailed floral patterns, this exquisite work represents the final peak in the creation of saddles with mother-of-pearl inlay in the medieval period.(170620_h12)(190102_h12更新)

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Saddle with Chrysanthemums（菊螺鈿鞍）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-158936. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/saddle-with-chrysanthemums/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Lacquerware
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Material: Lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay
  • Category: Applied arts:Arms and armor:Horse tack:Saddles
  • 員数: 1背
  • 分類: 漆工
  • 品質形状: 木製漆塗
  • 種別: 工芸:武器・武具:馬具:鞍
  • 銘文等: 「福島掃部助 所持之」「慶長拾三年 三月吉日 取替之」
  • 法量: 前輪高30.5 後輪高30.0 居木長43.0

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