Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (Suzuribako), Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Wood, lacquer sprinkled with gold, black lacquer, and shell inlay, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); L. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Lacquer, With its wooden arched bridge, weirs of rocks in bamboo baskets and riverside willow, this landscape suggests the Bridge at Uji south of Kyoto, a place famed as a site of tragic romance in the Tale of Genji
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Box, Inkstone, Writing Implements, Suzuribako, Edo period, 1615–1868, 19th century, Japan, Wood, lacquer sprinkled, gold, black lacquer, shell inlay, H, 2 3/8, 6 cm, W, 9 1/2, 24.1, L, 10 1/4, 26, Lacquer, wooden arched bridge, weirs, rocks, bamboo baskets, riverside willow, landscape, Bridge, Uji south, Kyoto, place famed, site, tragic romance, Tale, Genji
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