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c. 1970

Document Box

Musashigawa Yoshinori

Japanese, born 1949

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This lovely lacquer box is a modern creation in the kachō-ga (bird and flower) painting tradition. Depicted here is a finch perched on a branch of flowering cherry. The velvet-black background is a perfect foil for the colors of the mother-of-pearl inlay.

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Musashigawa Yoshinori, Document Box, c. 1970 | Philadelphia Museum of Art