Antique Japanese Meiji Era Red/Black Lacquer Obon Ozen Tray Table Crest 12.5" Woodblock The collection original piece that

The collection original piece that this scan was taken from is a "First Stage" edition with only 60 impression ever created making this image a truly rare treasure from 1937

the motif celebrates the Year of the Rabbit

Jurōjin (寿老人) is one of the Seven Gods of good Fortune or Shichifukujin

This is a standard Oban size and each of the three prints measures roughly 10" wide by 14 1/2" tall (25 x 37 cm)

There is single bristle of the brush used to apply the lacquer embedded in the underside of the chataku visible in picture 6

Antique Japanese Meiji Era Red/Black Lacquer Obon Ozen Tray Table Crest 12.5" Woodblock The collection original piece thatThis is an antique Japanese Meiji Era serving tray, ozen. It would have been used to serve tea or small appetizers. It has ornately figured legs to raise it above the tatami floor where it was used as a small individual table (It is made of cryptomeria wood with over 20 coats of Japanese red and black lacquer. Having been used lovingly and protected in a storage box for over a century, this tray remains overall in very fine condition. Sits squarely.