The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Design of Books

Art Object

Ink Painting and the Rinpa Tradition

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Yukio Lippit, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Design of Books

Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:: 17th century
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Gold and silver maki-e on gold-sprinkled lacquer
Dimensions:: 1 13/16 x 9 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (4.6 x 24.8 x 22.5 cm)
Classification:: Lacquer
Credit Line:: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:: 14.40.842a–f

This artwork is not on display

Description

The open book on the box illustrates an episode from Chapter 47 of The Tale of Genji, Agemaki (Trefoil Knots), in which Kaoru, Prince Niou, and other courtiers play musical instruments during an autumn boat ride up the Uji River.
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What
Metal (59,364)

Silver (14,056)

Gold (12,457)

Boxes (1,778)

Lacquer (1,745)

Maki-e (179)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Japan (21,819)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
Asian Art (35,222)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Japan, 1600–1800 A.D.