Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Craft)

Title:

Tsubakimon kamakurabori oi

Traveling Monk’s Backpack with Lacquered Wood Carvings of Camellias
椿文鎌倉彫笈

No. of features:

One box

Designated:

March 28, 1972

Location:

On loan to Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)
4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Under private ownership

Description:

“Oi” are wooden backpacks used primarily by traveling and ascetic monks to carry items such as books and tools. This is a “hako-oi”, a fully enclosed, box-style backpack. It was made during the Muromachi period (1336-1573) out of hinoki cypress wood and stands 87.5 cm tall. It is decorated with wooden carvings of camellias coated in lacquer, a construction style called “kamakurabori”.

Associated Texts:

(1986). “Cultural Properties in Urawa”. Urawa Municipal Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property. This property is available for public viewing during designated periods.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/004/002/p000169.html