id:			145099
accession number:	1970.28
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.28
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:26.308000

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the “First Song” (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji, early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e), foil application (kirikane), and metal inlay; overall: 22.8 x 26.7 cm (9 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Newman T. Halvorson 1970.28

title:				Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the “First Song” (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji
title in original language:	初音蒔絵硯箱
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1895
creation date latest:		1912
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Newman T. Halvorson
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culture:	Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
technique:	Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e), foil application (kirikane), and metal inlay
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Lacquer
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measurements: Overall: 22.8 x 26.7 cm (9 x 10 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		Visions of Landscape: East and West
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Landscape: East and West</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		Imagining the Garden
	opening date:   2015-10-24T00:00:00
	<i>Imagining the Garden</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2020-01-24T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 24-October 11, 2020).

	title:		Stories in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-10-08T04:00:00
	<i>Stories in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2021-April 3, 2022).

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Newman T. [1908–1992] and Mrs. Virginia M. Halvorson [1911–1999], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1970
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970–
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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 58, no. 2, 1971, pp. 22–71.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 177; Mentioned: p. 71
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152361

	Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing.<em> Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 109
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	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	cat. no. 81
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