Title: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Episodes from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)
Object type: Writing box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nakayama Komin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1808–1870
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gold maki-e with inlaid silver on lacquer
Dimensions: H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm); D. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY