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Kōami Nagashige

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In Kōami Family
…member of the 10th generation, Nagashige (1599–1651), made what is deemed by some the finest piece of Japanese lacquerware in existence: a set of stands presented as a wedding gift to the daughter of the military ruler Tokugawa Iemitsu.
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In lacquerwork: Japan
…of the Kōami family was Kōami Nagashige, whose masterpiece, consisting of three connected cabinets with numerous writing cases, paper cases, and toilet cases, a mirror stand, and other accessories, was completed in 1639. It was made for the dowry of Tokugawa Iemitsu’s eldest daughter, on her marriage to Mitsumoto, prince…
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