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Curator’s Choice
17th Century Lacquered
Japanese Food Bowl
CLOSE WINDOW
Lid of the bowl showing
the Tokugawa and Mori family crests.
YPM catalog no. ANT. 241835
| The defining moment for these 2 families had been at the battle of Sekigahara, fought east of Kyoto on September 16, 1600, where Tokugawa Ieyasu and his troops were victorious over the legions led by Ishida Mitsunari. Mori Terumoto, ruler of the second largest domain in Japan and commander of 30,000 troops, was a fence sitter, submitting to Ieyasu only after the outcome of the battle had become clear. The vanquished were executed, and Terumoto was forced to cede his domain on western Honshu Island to Ieyasu’s allies. The Mori were given a very poor domain, one-third the size of their previous holdings. This arranged marriage was between Matsudairo Kisa, granddaughter of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Mori Hidenori, son of Mori Terumoto. |