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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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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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Folding screen depicting two tigers in a bamboo grove. Japan, 17th century

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Folding screen depicting two tigers in a bamboo grove. Japan, 17th century

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Transoms from a temple depicting scholars and phoenixes in bamboo groves. Japan, 17th century

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Transoms from a temple depicting scholars and phoenixes in bamboo groves. Japan, 17th century

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Lacquered quiver with Tokugawa crest. Japan, 18th century

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Lacquered quiver with Tokugawa crest. Japan, 18th century

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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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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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Sake bottle with pine, bamboo and plum. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Sake bottle with pine, bamboo and plum. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Lacquered seal box depicting Mongolian hunters. Ryūkyū Islands, Japan, 17th-18th century

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Lacquered seal box depicting Mongolian hunters. Ryūkyū Islands, Japan, 17th-18th century

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Folding screen depicting three flower carts. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Folding screen depicting three flower carts. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Folding screens depicting chrysanthemums and autumnal plants. Japan, Edo period, 17th-18th century

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Folding screens depicting chrysanthemums and autumnal plants. Japan, Edo period, 17th-18th century

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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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Armor with fan crest and embossed dragon. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Armor with fan crest and embossed dragon. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Armor set with back crest depicting iris leaves. Japan, 16th-17th century

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Armor set with back crest depicting iris leaves. Japan, 16th-17th century

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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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Inrō box depicting two ama . Japan, 19th century

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Inrō box depicting two ama . Japan, 19th century

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Nure-onna , depicted in an Edo-period Japanese handscroll illustrating 35 folkloric supernatural creatures , 17th century

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Nure-onna , depicted in an Edo-period Japanese handscroll illustrating 35 folkloric supernatural creatures , 17th century

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Maedate shaped like a demon's head. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Maedate shaped like a demon's head. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Lacquered tray depicting a landscape. China, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century

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Lacquered tray depicting a landscape. China, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century

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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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