Title: Document Box with Illustrated Books
Object type: Box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e on nashiji ground
Dimensions: H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm); D. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books