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Source Description
The box is decorated in gold lacquer to depict stylized waves. The character "nezame" written inside the lid suggests a literary reference for the waves-to a 12th-century love story, "Awake at Night" ("Yoru no Nezame").
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
27363
label
Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (suzuri bako)
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obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
27363
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (suzuri bako)
description
The box is decorated in gold lacquer to depict stylized waves. The character "nezame" written inside the lid suggests a literary reference for the waves-to a 12th-century love story, "Awake at Night" ("Yoru no Nezame").
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
suzuri bako
writing instruments
boxes
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21.6
height
23.6
dimensionsRaw
8 1/2 x 9 5/16 in. (21.6 x 23.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
Nezame; [Translation] Awake at Night
med
black and gold lacquer, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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dfea87c9f4addc70
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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030453e663b16c0f
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no
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no