Title: Writing Box with Portrait of Fujiwara no Ietaka and His Poem about the Tatsuta River
Object type: Writing box
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, and red lacquer on silver ground
Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm); L. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men