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Japonisme at the V&A: Suzuki Chochiki's Incense Burner
From: The Victoria and Albert Museum
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Gregory Irvine |
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION |
Standing at the entrance to the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum is an enormous nineteenth-century incense burner made by the renowned bronze caster Suzuki Chokichi. A superlative example of Meiji period (1868-1912) metalwork, it was created during a period of modernisation in Japan when traditional craftsmen were fusing old motifs with new styles. The 'opening' of Japan to the West in 1868 after years of internal unrest led to a vogue in Europe and America for all things Japanese. Here, V&A curator Gregory Irvine introduces us to the object and provides the cultural context of its acquisition. |
Gregory Irvine discusses a rare example of nineteenth-century Japanese metalwork at the V&A.
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