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<p>Off-white and gold speckled Nagoya Obi with various&nbsp; interwoven gray gold, gray, orange, and green motifs. The interwoven motifs consist of a gold cloud background on which a treasure box decorated with violet, orange, and green seigaiha (wave crest) motif patterning and a vase decorated with hexagonal orange, green, and navy blue paulownia leaf motif patterning, a fishing rod, and water ripple motifs, and gunbai uchiwa (fan held by sumo wrestler referee) are depicted to possibly narrate the Urashima Tarou tale.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.28
This brown rectangular print shows a yellow circle and a yellow hexagon shape with red stencil lettering. At the bottom edge of the rectangle, below the yellow circle, is the word &quot;hexagon&quot;. Within the the yellow circle are the words &quot;eternal&quot; and &quot;hexagon&quot; and within the yellow hexagon shape is a large &quot;6&quot;.
Robert Indiana (American (North American))
Eternal Hexagon
1964
Gift of Graham and Marianne Smith
1986/1.194.9
Inlaying silver into ironware was a popular method of decorating metalwork that required high levels of skill. Numerous items were produced with inlay decorations. The entire lid and body of this hexagonal case are decorated with inlaid silver. The lid features a hexagonal design in its center surrounded by a continuous four-leaf flower design. The six sides of the body are decorated by three pairs of turtle designs, crane designs and deer designs, arranged alternately. The lid and body are bordered with a fret-patterned band. This case with a flat base is excellently preserved. This type of iron-lidded case with inlaid silver design was produced in large quantities from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, continuing through the Japanese annexation of the Korean Peninsula. Such cases are mostly octagonal; this is a rare hexagonal example. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017), 244]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Hexagonal Tobacco Box with Lid
1850 – 1950
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.280A&B
<p>Scarlet fukuro (single-sided) obi with interwoven tsuzure-ori white, gold, and green hexagonal, chrysanthemum, and karakusa motifs.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.20
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