Writing Box with weaving maiden at her loom on clouds

19th century

19.7 cm 2.2 cm 21.6 cm

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The mythological figure Orihime, the daughter of the Sky King, is known in Japan as the Weaving Maiden. According to legend, the king selected a herdsman, Kengyu, to marry Orihime. On her wedding day, the bride indulged in such frivolity that her father regretted his choice. H...

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Kanesabro Wakai, 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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