Box for Accessories, with Illustrations from the Kikujidō, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 15th century, Japan, Gold and silver maki-e on black lacquer, H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); L. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm), Lacquer, The bamboo ladle, shown resting on a rock on the cover of this box, identifies the imagery as a reference to a Noh play about the 'Chrysanthemum Youth,' or Kikujidō. Loosely based on a Chinese legend, the tale speaks of a youth who discovers that he has lived unchanged for centuries after drinking from a stream into which the dew from a chrysanthemum had fallen
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