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Writing Box ‘Temple in the Rainstorm’
Koda Shuetsu, c. 1910 - c. 1925
A temple building nestles among the cedars on the hills around Kyoto. The trees are shaking violently in the squall. The Shirakawa River can be seen on the inside of the box. The inlaid mother-of-pearl characters are part of a poem: Shirakawa river / The weeds that choke its mouth / Have withered in winter / And above its slender stream / Plovers raise their mournful cry.
- Artwork typeschrijfcassette
- Object numberAK-C-2016-6
- Dimensionsheight 3 cm, width 18.3 cm x depth 21.3 cm x width 22 cm x depth 24 cm, height 6.5 cm
- Physical characteristicslakwerk











