A circular suzuribako (writing box)Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th centuryLacquered in gold togidashi maki-e, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, appied gold foil and kirikane, hirame and mura-nashiji, decorated on the cover with a view of Mount Horai in the moonlight with pavilions nestled among pine, plum and bamboo, the moon inlaid in silvered metal, all against a background of roiro-nuri, the interior of the box decorated with a continuation of the landscape above combed waves, fitted in the lower interior with a rectangular inkstone with fundame edges, a silver and soft-metal water dropper in the shape of a flying crane, and two brushes, a paper knife and a paper-pricker in matching roiro-nuri and mura-nashiji cases, the rims silverWith a wood tomobako storage box 9 5/8in (24.4cm) diameter注脚PublishedStephen Little and Edmund J. Lewis, View of the Pinnacle: Japanese Lacquer Writing Boxes: The Lewis Collection of Suzuribako, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2011, cat. no. 78