(Box for writing paper with landscape design)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

(Box for writing paper with landscape design)

Japan

Date
19th century
Medium
Lacquer, gold <I>nashiji<I> ground, <I>takamaki-e<I>
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ryo_shibako were used to store different kinds of writing paper. This box may have been part of a larger set that would have included an inkstone box ( suzuribako ) and a low writing table ( bundai ). The dramatic landscapes featuring rocky mountain peaks and pine trees was probably inspired by ink paintings of China, a stock subject of Kano school artists. Japan, Asia

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