# Writing Box with Paper Tray ‘Pines on a Cliff in the Sea’

- By: Uono Jisei (born 1883)
- Date: c. 1941
- Medium: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), gold (metal), silver (metal), tin (metal)
- Classification: schrijfcassette
- Dimensions: height 7.7 cm
- Credit line: On loan from Jan Dees & René van der Star
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-C-2012-26--f5b73154e69e3e3d16cb8b74e5664123)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/NgjLn/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The lid of this small writing box features three kinds of surfaces: the rocky outcrops, the sea, and the clouds. The outcrops are made of inlaid lead. The sea was created by working viscous lacquer with a stiff brush and the clouds were applied in two colours of lacquer. In this way, Jisei has attained a particularly expressive representation.