鞍座（库拉） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	鞍座（库拉）
品名（英）	Saddle (Kura)
入馆年号	2000年，2000.405
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1658
创作地区	原产国: 日本（Country of Origin: Japan）
分类	马术设备鞍座（Equestrian Equipment-Saddles）
尺寸	长 14 1/2 英寸 (36.8 厘米); 高 10 3/4 英寸 (27.3 厘米); 宽 15 英寸 (38.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	日本马鞍的特点是巧妙简单的构造方法与几乎取之不尽的装饰图案相结合。该结构通常仅由四块形状巧妙的木材组成，这些木材通过榫卯接头固定在一起，并通过大麻或皮革系带固定到位。表面覆盖着日本漆（漆），通常采用金色或银色设计，并镶嵌象牙、珍珠母贝或鲍鱼壳。这款马鞍是黑金色漆面的特别精致的例子，上面镶嵌着大量的鲍鱼壳。它特别独特，因为它可能是唯一一个为已知家庭签名、注明日期和制作的此类镶嵌物的例子。底面标有马鞍制造商尚未识别的花王（印章或会标）和日期 Meireki yon sai（相当于 1658 年）。鞍和鞍的外部装饰有金色，上面有横须贺大名西尾家族的 mon（纹章徽章），位于今静冈县。精致的镶嵌物覆盖了大部分马鞍，并具有滚滚的波浪（seikaiha）和圆花的设计，镶嵌在郁郁葱葱的滚动藤蔓（唐草）中。
介绍（英）	Japanese saddles are distinguished by an ingeniously simple method of construction combined with a virtually inexhaustible range of decorative motifs. The construction consists, typically, of only four pieces of skillfully shaped wood, which are held together by mortise-and-tenon joints and fastened in place by hemp or leather lacing. The surfaces are covered in Japanese lacquer (urushi) and often incorporate designs in gold or silver and inlays of ivory, mother-of-pearl, or abalone shell. This saddle is a particularly fine example of black-and-gold lacquer with extensive abalone-shell inlay. It is especially distinctive as it is possibly the only example with inlay of this kind that is signed, dated, and made for a known family. The underside is marked with the as-yet-unidentified kao (seal or monogram) of the saddle maker and with the date Meireki yon sai (equivalent to 1658). The outside of the pommel and cantle is decorated in gold with the mon (heraldic insignia) of the Nishio family, daimyo of Yokosuka, in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture. Delicate inlay covers much of the saddle and features designs of billowing waves (seikaiha) and round blossoms set among lush scrolling vines (karakusa).