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Source Description
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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Document identity
localId
11206
label
Box for Writing Tools (Suzuribako)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
11206
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box for Writing Tools (Suzuribako)
description
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.
provenance
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.
date
late 19th century (Meiji period (1868-1912))
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
writing instruments
suzuri bako
boxes
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.3
height
17.3
depth
19.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 7/8 × W: 6 13/16 × D: 7 1/2 in. (2.3 × 17.3 × 19.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
dynasty
Meiji period (1868-1912)
med
Wood, lacquer, gold, silver, mother-of-pearl, pigment
creator_ids
7022
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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photo
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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3e6c91ed958209a1
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no
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no