Title: Book Cabinet (Shodansu) for a set of "The Chronicle of Great Peace" (Taiheiki)
Object type: Box
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, and silver inlay; gilt bronze fittings
Dimensions: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); L. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 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
Tags: term: Cabinets