id:			145101
accession number:	1970.28.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.28.b
updated:		2025-04-16 18:13:53.653000

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the “First Song” (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 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.b

title:				Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the “First Song” (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji (lid)
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
current location:		
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
	opening date:   2021-10-08T04:00:00
	<i>Stories in Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2021-April 3, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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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