Offering Cake

29-96-734D

From: Japan | Tochigi Prefecture | Nikko

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-96-734D
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan | Tochigi Prefecture | Nikko
Section Asian
Iconography Tokugawa Crest
Description

An offering cake ornamented with the Tokugawa crest and colored pink. This cake was used at a wedding feast after being blessed in a temple by a priest.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Outside Diameter 6.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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