Title: Incense Box (Kōgō) with Cartwheels Submerged in Water
Object type: Box
Date: 15th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold togidashimaki-e and hiramaki-e on nashiji (“pear-skin” ground)
Dimensions: H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); L. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY