Title: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Screen, Robe Rack, and Shell-Matching Game Set
Object type: Writing box
Date: second half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, red lacquer on black ground
Dimensions: L. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); W. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm); D. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Hope Skillman Schary, 1981
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Robes, term: Screens, term: Games