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Cosmetic Box with Carriage Wheels in Water
- Exhibition information
- There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.
Although this elegant work of lacquer art is labeled as a box for storing cosmetics, it was most likely created for the purpose of holding scrolls inscribed with Buddhist texts."
- Cultural property designation
- National Treasure
- Quantity
- Artist
- Period/Century
- Heian period, 12th century
- Country/Origin
- Excavation site
- Material
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Collection reference no.
- H-4282
- Genre
- Lacquerware
- Category
- Applied arts > Furnishings and ceremonial objects > Cosmetic boxes
On display: Lacquerware
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On displayWriting Box with a Scene Portraying a Poem Known as ""Otokoyama""
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 12
October 21, 2025 (Tue)–
December 21, 2025 (Sun)