Box in the Shape of Two Inksticks Crossed on an Inkstone

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

5.6 cm 2.4 cm 5 cm

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By the Meiji period (1868–1912), education in Japan was accessible to the nobility, Buddhist monks, samurai, merchants, and commoners. Among the upper classes, including the samurai, their education encompassed poetry, music, and calligraphy, with an emphasis on the study of C...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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