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Tobacco box

Ritsuô · 1663 - 1747 · wood (plant material); lacquer (coating); gold (metal); tin (metal); coral (material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Depicted on this portable tobacco box, is the ghost of the servant Okiku. She accidentally broke a set of costly plates for which her master imprisoned her. Okiku managed to escape and threw herself in a well, in which she drowned. Here her ghost rises up out of the well. The chrysanthemums (kiku) refer to her name.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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tobacco box

Credit lineTabaksdoos. 1663 - 1747. Ritsuô. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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