Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (suzuri bako)

Description Inside the lid, three books are depicted. On one appears the title "Ise Monogotari"(also called the "Tales of Ise")-a classic sequence of 10th-century poems on the theme of separation and longing.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters