Title: Writing Box with Matching Poem Card Box
Object type: Box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Gold and silver makie with colored lacquers and silver inlay on black lacquer
Dimensions: Writing box: H.1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); W. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); L. 9 7/8 in. (25.5 cm)
Poem card box: H. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); L. 9 3/8 in. (23.9 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2020
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY