Japanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Ukiyoe A refined Matsumoto Ishōdansu (松本衣装箪笥)

A refined Matsumoto Ishōdansu (松本衣装箪笥) from the Shinano region (present-day Nagano Prefecture)

minimal outlines

Keyaki face (Japanese Elm)

and everyday urban life

narrow neck and gently flared mouth

Japanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Ukiyoe A refined Matsumoto Ishōdansu (松本衣装箪笥)Japanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Kagawa Japan, Showa period 3 in H 2. 5 in dia (8 6 cm); Weight: under 1 lb (under 0. 5 kg) A chu natsume () decorated in kinma (), a technique of incising fine line designs into a lacquer ground and filling the channels with contrasting colored lacquer here red, green, and gold against a deep black base. The method, originating in Southeast Asia and refined in Japan most notably