Hexagonal metal box, with the Golden Pavilion (Kyoto) on the lid

Accession Nr.:	53.377.1-2
Type:	object for daily use; metalwork
Date of production:	second haf of the 19th century Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:	Kyoto, Japan

Materials/Techniques:	iron, gold
Dimensions:	height: 3.5 cm width: 8 cm

Unsigned. It depicts Kinkakuji in Kyoto. Purchased at the Japan–British Exhibition in London, 1910 (HMI_227/1953).