Stacked Food Box (Jūbako) with “Whose Sleeves?” (Tagasode) Design

Date

18th century

Type

Box

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, gold- and silver-foil application, and mother-of-pearl inlay on gold nashiji (“pear-skin”) ground

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2015.300.288a–e

Credit

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015