Title: Writing box (suzuribako) with passenger boat on the Yodo River
Object type: Writing box
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Late Edo (1615–1868)–early Meiji (1868–1912) period
Artist: Follower of Shiomi Masanari 塩見政誠 
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1646–1719
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver, color togidashimaki-e on silver ground
Dimensions: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm); D. 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2022
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY