Antique Japanese Hand Made Suzuribako Calligraphy Box w/ Inscription Shunga Overall length: 9" (26cm)

Overall length: 9" (26cm)

It weighs 7

This is an over 100 year old antique Japanese suzuribako from the Meiji Era (c

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Antique Japanese Hand Made Suzuribako Calligraphy Box w/ Inscription Shunga Overall length: 9" (26cm)This is an antique Japanese late Taisho Era (c. 1920) lacquered Suzuribako (calligraphy ink stone box) made of cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of pumpkin orange and black lacquer. Japanese lacquer from the this era was considered the finest ever made. It is all hand made and has two cranes detailed in maki e gold and red laquer. The inner lid is inscribed in gold and translates to: Ashikaga City Higashi Jinjo Elementary School and the large