What is this box?

[Brian C.]

My wife found this today in an antique shop today. Any ideas if it is a sword box of some sort?


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[Brian C.]

Inside and contents.


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[Nick Komiya]

That contains or contained an ink painting of a carp and was once among the collection of a historical archive named the Ashikaga Archive.

[Brian C.]

Thanks for the info, I would have never guessed that.