(Box for writing paper with landscape design), 19th century, Unknown Japanese, 4 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( x x cm), Lacquer, gold nashiji ground, takamaki-e, Japan, 19th century, Ryo_shibako were used to store different kinds of writing paper. This box may have been part of a larger set that would have included an inkstone box (suzuribako) and a low writing table (bundai). The dramatic landscapes featuring rocky mountain peaks and pine trees was probably inspired by ink paintings of China, a stock subject of Kano school artists

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