Box for Writing Tools (Suzuribako)

late 19th century (Meiji period (1868-1912))

17.3 cm 2.3 cm 19.1 cm

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This box served as a place to store ink, brushes, ink stones, and water droppers. The box’s cover depicts a nighttime scene at a bustling shop, with an array of people, including samurai, a woman and her attendant, and a monk holding a fan.

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11206
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Heber R. Bishop Sale, January 22, 1906, American Art Galleries, New York, lot 1286; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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