Museum Collection

Museum Collection

Tobacco Tray

Handled tobacco tray with rusu moyo (“absent pattern”) maki-e on a wooden foundation

Handled tobacco tray with rusu moyo (“absent pattern”) maki-e on a wooden foundation
Date Edo period

A tobacco tray with maki-e applied to reproduce a setting from a famous Noh play, using all four sides and the top of a box shape. The rusu moyo style presents well-known scenes with human figures removed.