Title: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Object type: Writing box
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e and cutout gold- and silver-foil application; lead rim
Dimensions: L. 9 5/8 in.(24.5 cm); W.9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); H.2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men