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Overview
This lacquered wooden suzuribako uses gold and silver sprinkled powder to depict pine, camellia and bamboo. Its late-winter and early-spring imagery replaces plum with camellia in a familiar seasonal grouping.
Cleveland reports that the box retains an inkstone and a metal water dropper, whose pine and camellia motifs complement the lid. Writing boxes organized calligraphy tools; retained brushes or ink cakes are not claimed. The recorded provenance names Setsu Gatodō in Tokyo before Cleveland’s 1969 purchase.
History & identity
Unidentified maker
Sources & representation
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Cleveland Museum of Art online catalogue: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo (1969.124)
Undated online publication; manufacture date and record timestamps are separate.
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- Cached primary institutional API object recordWriting Box (Suzuribako) with Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo — Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.124Research access: 2026-10-21
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