id:			145101
accession number:	1970.28.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.28.b
updated:		2020-09-11 09:00:43.792000

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the "First Song of Spring" (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji (lid), early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e), foil application (kirikane), and 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.b

title:				Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the "First Song of Spring" (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji (lid)
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1895
creation date latest:		1912
current location:		235A Japanese
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 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:		Imagining the Garden
	opening date:   2015-10-24T00:00:00
	<i>Imagining the Garden</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (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-July 19, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971: Year in Review 1970.<br><br>Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry"  cat. no. 81.

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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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wall description: 
The design of this box was inspired by an object in the lacquer wedding set of Chiyohime, the daughter of the shogun (ruler) in 1639. Information about the set became available in the Meiji period, leading some lacquer artists to emulate it. It features a scene from the chapter “Hatsune” (First Song) of the <em>Tale of Genji</em>, in which Prince Genji and his love Murasaki enjoy her garden. It incorporates the written characters <em>hatsu</em> (first, 初) and <em>ne</em> (sound, 音), indicating the first song of the warbler in spring, associated with the new year.
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