Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Europeans (lid)

1800s 23 x 20.2 cm (9 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.) Source image
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For many Japanese patrons, objects decorated with images of foreigners offered the rare opportunity to see westerners. The two men on the left were likely Portuguese traders, identifiable by their balloon-shaped pants. The man on the right is a Jesuit priest. Portuguese trader...

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