Shell game box with scenes from the story of Prince Genji, donation Shioda Makoto, Japanese commissar at the Vienna World Exhibition 1873, wood, lacquered, black lacquer, makie in gold and silver on wood, Total: Height: 45,5 cm; Width: 37 cm; Diameter: 37 cm, lacquer work, literature, Edo period, Together with its not preserved counterpart, this box served to store up to 360 shell halves for the memory-like shell game (kai awase) The pairs to be found often show scenes from the stories of Prince Genji, which therefore often adorn the corresponding storage boxes.

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