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Table and writing box with maple leaves in gold dust lacquer. Japan, Edo period, 1603-1868

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Table and writing box with maple leaves in gold dust lacquer. Japan, Edo period, 1603-1868

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Portable picnic set with gold dust lacquer. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Portable picnic set with gold dust lacquer. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Helmet and mask with long mustache. Japan, Edo period, 1603-1868

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Helmet and mask with long mustache. Japan, Edo period, 1603-1868

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Lacquered jug with gold dust landscape. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Lacquered jug with gold dust landscape. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Steel stirrups with red and gold lacquer depicting brushes. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Steel stirrups with red and gold lacquer depicting brushes. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Lacquered book box depicting birds in a bamboo grove and Tokugawa crest. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Lacquered book box depicting birds in a bamboo grove and Tokugawa crest. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Japan, Heian Period, Buddhist Tabernacle, late 1100s, Black lacquer over a wood core with hemp cloth covering, gold paint, cut gold leaf, ink, mineral pigments, and metalwork

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Japan, Heian Period, Buddhist Tabernacle, late 1100s, Black lacquer over a wood core with hemp cloth covering, gold paint, cut gold leaf, ink, mineral pigments, and metalwork

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"Ghost and Oil Lamp", painting by Tani Bun'ichi. Japan, Edo period, 1810

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"Ghost and Oil Lamp", painting by Tani Bun'ichi. Japan, Edo period, 1810

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Inrō box with pufferfish. Japan, Edo period, 1775-1800

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Inrō box with pufferfish. Japan, Edo period, 1775-1800

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Cabinet with dragons and shachihoko, and scenery in gold lacquer. Japan, 1880

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Cabinet with dragons and shachihoko, and scenery in gold lacquer. Japan, 1880

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Traveller's clothes chest with Tokugawa crest. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1868

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Traveller's clothes chest with Tokugawa crest. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1868

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Black and gold lacquered tray depicting a pine and persimmon tree by a river. Japan, 18th century

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Black and gold lacquered tray depicting a pine and persimmon tree by a river. Japan, 18th century

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Netsuke depicting Daruma. Pearwood with lacquer. Japan, ca. Meiji period . Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Netsuke depicting Daruma. Pearwood with lacquer. Japan, ca. Meiji period . Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection

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Silver box depicting crane and turtle. Japan, Meiji period, 1894

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Silver box depicting crane and turtle. Japan, Meiji period, 1894

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Ceramic lion with ball. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Ceramic lion with ball. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Gong Held by Oni in Wood and Lacquer, Japan,19th Century, the Met Museum

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Gong Held by Oni in Wood and Lacquer, Japan,19th Century, the Met Museum

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Porcelain incense burner with flower motifs. Japan, Edo period, around 1800

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Porcelain incense burner with flower motifs. Japan, Edo period, around 1800

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Doll depicting Benkei with many weapons. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Doll depicting Benkei with many weapons. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Set of 2 lacquered tansu cabinets with mother-of-pearl inlay depicting various plants and birds. Made in Nagasaki, Japan, Bakumatsu - early Meiji Period 1850-1870

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Set of 2 lacquered tansu cabinets with mother-of-pearl inlay depicting various plants and birds. Made in Nagasaki, Japan, Bakumatsu - early Meiji Period 1850-1870

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Doll of lord Katō Kiyomasa in gold armor. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Doll of lord Katō Kiyomasa in gold armor. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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