Art Minutes: Norimono (Ceremonial Palanquin)

In this Art Minutes video, learn more about this norimono, or “thing to ride,” from the Edo period of Japan.

Script, narration, and editing by Kerry Elkins
Media by Lisa Anderson
Stock visuals and audio: Envato Elements
Additional visuals: Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI

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“Norimono (Ceremonial Palanquin),” 19th century
Unknown maker
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Lacquer and gold on wood; interior paintings: ink, color and gold on paper; silk upholstery
49 x 53 1/2 x 36 1/8 in.
Gift of Arthur I. Appleton

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