Location:
Mezzanin: 1873 – Japan comes to Europe
Mezzanin: 1873 – Japan comes to Europe
Location:
Mezzanin: 1873 – Japan comes to Europe
Mezzanin: 1873 – Japan comes to Europe
Scent-game set
shishuban 四種盤
Standort
In the scent-game of horse-race and arrow-shooting contests keiba kō and yakazu kō, southern Asian scented woods have to be identified based on their fragrances. A combination of different woods is also possible. Two teams play against each other, and when they identify the wood, they move their pieces of horse and rider, or flower garlands, forwards on the playing board. The art of the scent kōdō was a popular pastime, which could also be played in a variation with arrows and types of standards.
Object data
Inv. No.
34650
Collection
Object Name
Scent-game set
Collection
Heinrich von Siebold (1852 St. Martin/Boppard - 1908 Schloss Freudenstein/Bozen) - GND
Dated
1600-1868
Accession Date
1889
Period
Late Edo Period
Geography
Material
Wood, textile, feathers, metal, paper
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