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Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

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Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e and cutout gold- and silver-foil application; lead rim, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving 2015
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Title: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
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Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e and cutout gold- and silver-foil application; lead rim, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.

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