The matsuyama mirror
Annotated by Anika James '25
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Bibliography
Goree, Robert. "The Culture of Travel in Edo-Period Japan." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. 19 Nov. 2020; Accessed 6 Aug. 2024. https://oxfordre.com/asianhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277727-e-72. Hearn, Lafcadio. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn. Edited by Elizabeth Bisland. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. http://archive.org/details/lifelettersoflaf02hear. James, Kate. The Wooden Bowl. Tokyo: Hasegawa Takejirō, 22 November 1887. James, Kate. Three Reflections. Tokyo: Hasegawa Takejirō, c. 1894. Mirror. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60139
In one of James' later works, Three Reflections, a story that shares similar themes of familial love and mirror culture, there is a depiction of a mirror shop in Kyoto. This is likely similar to where the father would have purchased this gift.
In The Serpent With Eight Heads, a similar encounter with a mirror happens. Ama, the goddess of the sun, sees her reflection for the first time: "Look here!" cried they; "look at this new fairy more beautiful than yourself!" Ama did not know that the face in the mirror was only the reflection of her own..."
No. 10: The Matsuyama Mirror
Anika James
Created on July 5, 2024
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The matsuyama mirror
Annotated by Anika James '25
biography
visual support
close up
comparison
publication
art history
Best viewed in fullscreen mode.
Bibliography
Goree, Robert. "The Culture of Travel in Edo-Period Japan." Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. 19 Nov. 2020; Accessed 6 Aug. 2024. https://oxfordre.com/asianhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.001.0001/acrefore-9780190277727-e-72. Hearn, Lafcadio. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn. Edited by Elizabeth Bisland. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. http://archive.org/details/lifelettersoflaf02hear. James, Kate. The Wooden Bowl. Tokyo: Hasegawa Takejirō, 22 November 1887. James, Kate. Three Reflections. Tokyo: Hasegawa Takejirō, c. 1894. Mirror. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60139
In one of James' later works, Three Reflections, a story that shares similar themes of familial love and mirror culture, there is a depiction of a mirror shop in Kyoto. This is likely similar to where the father would have purchased this gift.
In The Serpent With Eight Heads, a similar encounter with a mirror happens. Ama, the goddess of the sun, sees her reflection for the first time: "Look here!" cried they; "look at this new fairy more beautiful than yourself!" Ama did not know that the face in the mirror was only the reflection of her own..."