Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Box for Writing Tools (Suzuribako)
(Japan and Korea )
This box served as a place to store ink, brushes, ink stones, and water droppers. The box’s cover depicts a nighttime scene at a bustling shop, with an array of people, including samurai, a woman and her attendant, and a monk holding a fan.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Heber R. Bishop Sale, January 22, 1906, American Art Galleries, New York, lot 1286; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7/8 × W: 6 13/16 × D: 7 1/2 in. (2.3 × 17.3 × 19.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1906
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
67.162