平目地蒔絵七夕梶の葉流し硯箱【SUZURIBAKO (inkstone case) with TANABATA design 】[k0608]

梶の葉形の棹飾りには二星と記され、短冊がひらめく笹飾りとそこに集うたくさんの子供たち。この七夕の図は1787年刊行の墨摺り本『拾遺都名所図会』の中で竹原春朝斎が描いた「七夕梶葉流（たなばたかじのはながし）」が元となっており、願いを込めた笹飾りを川に流しに行く場面のようです。

散りばめられた平目地蒔絵の地にいくつもの色を使った高蒔絵でにぎやかな様子が表され、原図の趣を残しながら着物の柄を細かく丁寧に描いたり欄干の下には螺鈿を散りばめたりと、高い技術を用い煌びやかに仕上げられています。平面の墨摺りを硯箱という漆芸を凝らした立体に再構築し、水滴や硯と組合せた意匠も見事。

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On the kaji-no-ha–shaped pole ornament is written “Two Stars,” accompanied by bamboo branches fluttering with tanzaku strips and many children gathered around them. This Tanabata scene is based on “Tanabata Kaji-no-ha Nagashi,” drawn by Takehara Shunchōsai in the 1787 monochrome-printed Shūi Miyako Meisho Zue. It appears to depict the moment when people carry their wish-bearing bamboo decorations to the river to be set afloat.
The lively atmosphere is expressed through takamaki-e in multiple colors scattered across a ground of fine hirameji sprinkled gold. While preserving the spirit of the original illustration, the artisan has rendered the kimono patterns with meticulous detail and adorned the space beneath the railing with mother-of-pearl inlay, achieving a brilliantly ornate finish through highly refined techniques. Reimagined in the three-dimensional form of a writing box, the composition harmonizes beautifully with the water dropper and inkstone.