The beauty of this box for storing long narrow poem slips lies in the straight grain of its plain Japanese cedar wood. The “drum bridge” style overall arc lends it distinction. The two characters on the outside of the lid, “wind” and “moon” areinlaid in silver.
Object label
Poem Slip Box with Inlay Characters "Wind, Moon"
Wood with silver inlay
L: 39.1cm, W: 7.9cm, H: 3.8cm
Taishō era 20th century
Taishō 4 1915
- H029473
- H029744
- 2015/04/22
- H029473
- 2015/02/17
- H029474
- 2015/02/17
- H029475
- 2015/02/17
- H029476
- 2015/02/17
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| Accession Number | 1470-0 |
|---|---|
| Category | Decorative Arts |
| Bibliography | Mater Works in Wood by Three Generations in the Kiuchi Family : Kihachi, Hanko, Shōko : Feature Exhibition. Nara National Museum, 2015, 64p. (Japanese) |