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Box for Documents; View into a house/feathers

Japanese (Artist)
18th-19th century
wood, lacquer, silver, gold, and mother-of-pearl

This document or stationery box, in which papers and scrolls were stored, is the mate to the adjacent writing box (67.75). The inlaid silver inscription is a fragment of Genji's poetic reply to the emperor woven across an image of a snow-covered veranda in the city of Kyoto. Genji wrote:
The snows beneath the pines of Oshio
Have never known such mighty company.

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2011 The Art of Writing Instruments from Paris to Persia.
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Japan (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 5 x W: 15 7/8 x D: 12 5/8 in. (12.7 x 40.32 x 32.07 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired before 1931

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

67.161

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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