Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Nakayama Komin Japanese

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Inside the lid of this box, a portable Buddhist monk's shrine set amid maple leaves and ivy and, inside on the bottom, designs of waves and waterfowl refer to the "Ivy Lane" and "Sumidagawa" episodes from Chapter 9 of Tales of Ise.

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan

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Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari), Nakayama Komin (Japanese, 1808–1870), Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer, Japan

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