Box for Papers (Ryoshibako)

18th-mid 19th century (Edo period)

20.4 cm 11 cm 27 cm

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This box features a design of pine seedlings and bands of mist. In Japan, the pine tree (matsu) shares the same meaning as the pine in Chinese and Korean cultures, symbolizing powerful ideas around vitality, steadfastness, and longevity.

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Minoda Chojiro, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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