Letter Box (Fubako) with Design of the Shore at Suma

Letter Box (Fubako) with Design of the Shore at Suma

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The motifs on this box allude to Suma and its associated romances of the exiles Yukihira, from Tales of Ise, and Genji, from theTale of Genji. It was presented by the Imperial University of Tokyo to the donor, an adviser to the Japanese minister of the Department of Education from 1873 to 1879.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Letter Box (Fubako) with Design of the Shore at SumaLetter Box (Fubako) with Design of the Shore at SumaLetter Box (Fubako) with Design of the Shore at SumaLetter Box (Fubako) with Design of the Shore at SumaLetter Box (Fubako) with Design of the Shore at Suma

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