Word: suzuribako
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...triumph of the small. "Intimacy" here is more than a catchword, for nearly every item in this array-reputedly the best private collection of its kind in the world-was designed to nestle in the hand, and their ravishing tactile subtleties are lost behind glass. The largest are Suzuribako or writing boxes: a 16th century case with a gold-lacquer hare, or Kinyosai's delicately humorous image of a lady spurting ink from her mouth onto a wall to form the characters for "perseverance in love...
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