Japan Finest Quality Antique 34″ diameter classic Yukimi hexagonal “broad roof” white shirakawa granite water lantern (some refer to these as “snow” lanterns), 34″ high
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Japan, fnest quality classic Yukimi hexagonal “broad roof” water lantern (some refer to these as “snow” lanterns),
Good size: 34″ high and 34″ diameter at top, carved in four sections, granite, Meiji period (1868-1912).
Carved from finest white Shirakawa granite stone.
History of Yukimi lantern:
Yukimi-dōrō (雪見燈籠?) or legged lanterns have as a base not a post but from one to six curved legs, and a wide umbrella with a finial either low or absent. Relatively low, they are used exclusively in gardens.[8] The traditional placement is near the water, and a three-legged lantern will often have two legs in the water, and one on land. The umbrella can be round or have from three to eight sides, while the fire box is usually hexagonal. Yukimi denotes water reflection.
This form was probably developed during the Momoyama period, but the oldest extant examples, found at the Katsura Villa in Kyoto, go back only to the early Edo period (seventeenth century). (Thank you Wikpedia)
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