Writing Box with Yellow Rose Flowers and Rushing Stream

Writing Box with Yellow Rose Flowers and Rushing Stream

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The lid of this box is decorated with yellow kerria rose blossoms (yamabuki ) in arching sprays with bright green leaves. These flowers are associated with the Ide no Tamagawa (Jewel River) near Kyoto, a link that may have been formed after the respected poet and official Tachibana no Moroe (684–757)planted them on the banks of the river. The Ide no Tamagawa has long been featured in Japanese poetry: The bottom of the Tama River at Ide Reflecting the image above, Is so clear that flowers of the Yellow kerria add layer upon layer Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114–1204)

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Writing Box with Yellow Rose Flowers and Rushing StreamWriting Box with Yellow Rose Flowers and Rushing StreamWriting Box with Yellow Rose Flowers and Rushing StreamWriting Box with Yellow Rose Flowers and Rushing StreamWriting Box with Yellow Rose Flowers and Rushing Stream

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.