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Source Description
For the cover designs on writing boxes, Chinese motifs like Mt. Penglai (Horai-zan in Japanese), the island of immortality, remained popular. A landscape with a river, buildings, mountains, trees, and clouds decorates the top of this portable writing box while the inside is embellished with clouds, birds, water, and grasses and offers a space for a tiny ink stone.
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Document identity
localId
147919
label
Box
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obj
dtoType
object
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1
Source metadata
id
147919
contentType
object
title
Box
description
For the cover designs on writing boxes, Chinese motifs like Mt. Penglai (Horai-zan in Japanese), the island of immortality, remained popular. A landscape with a river, buildings, mountains, trees, and clouds decorates the top of this portable writing box while the inside is embellished with clouds, birds, water, and grasses and offers a space for a tiny ink stone.
date
1800s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79927626
genreSpecific
Lacquer
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1974.271
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tec
lacquer
tombstone
Box, 1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Lacquer; overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert P. Schafer, 1974.271
collection
Japanese Art
citations
citation
Sŏn, Sŭng-hye.<em> The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 4
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert P. Schafer
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:35:31.730000
sourceId
147919
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Japanese Art
coll
Japanese Art
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lacquer
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1
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0
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photo
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