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Boxes
Yoroi-bitsu
Late edo period safe
Suzuri-bako, lacquered
Decorated KODANSU w/ decor of tsuba
Decorated with tsuba on all sides in relief, including inside the door. The tsuba in Shibayama style inlay on a urushi background.
All hardware is in silver, including the key. ...More
SUZURIBAKO; accounts box; late Edo period
Shop's account box, called suzuribako (because of the inkstone, or "suzuri"), or chobako. Used to keep important seals, receipts, money. ...More
Shop's medicine and document box
Rare and unusual wooden box, used to used to belong to a medicine shop. Upper area may have been used to carry/store medicine and lower drawers for receipts, seals, writing brushes. ...More
FUNADANSU - SEA CAPTAIN'S CHEST
One of the most requested of antiques is the funadansu, or ship captain's safe. For one thing they speak volumes of one aspect of Japanese history, namely that they were created as early as the begining of the Edo period and were used for merchant ships plying the Sea of Japan and the Inland Sea between Osaka and Hokkaido, known then as Ezo. ...More
FUNADANSU - SEA CAPTAIN'S CHEST [#18]
Sea captain's chest. Late Edo era, made of keyaki. ...More
NOBENTO, or
Late Edo era outdoor food box, used primarily during the season of cherry-blossom viewing. Boxes come apart and a tray is tucked under the upper lid. ...More