Title: Document Box with a Scene from the “Butterflies” Chapter of The Tale of Genji
Object type: Document box
Date: 20th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji and gold ground
Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); W. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); L. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, from the Collection of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin DeWitt Riegel, 1981
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Landscapes, term: Boats