Artist unknown
Japanese, active late 19th/early 20th century
Large Hook for a Kettle (Jizaigake)
INV-1823
Artist unknown
Japanese, active late 19th/early 20th centuryn.d.
Large Hook for a Kettle (Jizaigake)
Artist unknown Japanese, active late 19th/early 20th century
Japanese (culture or style)hookdecorative arts
Date
n.d.
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
49.6 × 50.5 × 33.5 cm (19 1/2 × 19 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman
This hook, known as a jizaigake, would have been used in a wealthy farmhouse to hold a kettle on a chain above a hearth. Its slanted top is in the shape of the hat of one of the gods of good fortune, Daikoku. It is most likely made of keyaki (zelkova) wood, which exhibits a distinctive flamelike grain.
Also notable
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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858
Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funawatashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858
