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Source Description
Japanese writing boxes are designed to hold all the tools for traditional calligraphy, including an inkstone, water dropper, ink cake, and brushes. This box retains its inkstone and water dropper, the latter of which has a design of camellia and pine, matching the late winter, early spring lacquer motifs on the lid.
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Document identity
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144287
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Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo
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144287
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object
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Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo
description
Japanese writing boxes are designed to hold all the tools for traditional calligraphy, including an inkstone, water dropper, ink cake, and brushes. This box retains its inkstone and water dropper, the latter of which has a design of camellia and pine, matching the late winter, early spring lacquer motifs on the lid.
date
1400s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79921268
genreSpecific
Lacquer
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 24.2 x 22.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
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Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
accession
1969.124
Source extras
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Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e), stone, and metal
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Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo (松椿竹蒔絵硯箱), 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e), stone, and metal; overall: 24.2 x 22.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1969.124
titleInOriginalLanguage
松椿竹蒔絵硯箱
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
Pine, bamboo, and plum is a common seasonal motif; here the plum is replaced with camellia.
citations
citation
“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1969.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 24 (1970): 86–117.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 107
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1969.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 1 (January 1970): 2–51.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 51, no. 238
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 378
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:24:24.006000
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144287
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e), stone, and metal
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