Title: Document Box (Ryōshibako) with Hydrangeas and Butterflies
Object type: Document box
Date: early 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nagata Yūji 
Artist bio: Japanese, active 1711–36
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, and mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay
Dimensions: H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); L. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Butterflies, term: Flowers, term: Plants, term: Leaves