Title: Portable Writing Cabinet with Tokugawa Family Crests, Chrysanthemums, and Foliage Scrolls
Object type: Cabinet
Date: late 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kōami School 
Artist bio: active second half of the 18th century
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and applied gold foil on nashiji ground
Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); D. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY