Title: Letter Box with Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Family Crests
Object type: Letter box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground (part of a wedding set)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); L. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY