Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1880 Red Lacquer Keyaki Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu 14" Reproduction further attesting to its age

further attesting to its age

1930's) (sewing box) with an arrangement of three exterior drawers

It has a circle on each side framing a lake scene ringed inside and out with leaves

though typically created anonymously

1888 by the great Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 to 1892)

Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1880 Red Lacquer Keyaki Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu 14" Reproduction further attesting to its ageAntique Japanese suzuribako from the early Meiji Era (c. 1880's). This portable calligraphy tansu has three drawers and a lidded top section, made of solid Sugi wood (cryptomeria). It is finished in the original red lacquer made up of over 10 coats of tinted urushi lacquer. The metal hardware is hand forged iron. Suzuribako were used as portable accounting chests (the forerunner of the attach' case). Also known as a calligraphy chest as it housed an