The Kura - Japanese Art Treasures

Robert Mangold has been working with Japanese antiques since 1995 with an emphasis on ceramics, Paintings, Armour and Buddhist furniture.

Japanese Lacquered Wooden Shikishi Paper Box with Rabbit


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Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1960: Item # 1494715

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The Kura
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23 Murasakino Monzen-cho
Kita-ward Kyoto 603-8216
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A Poem card box of straight grained paulownia wood signed Tetsuro decorated with a rabbit in worked lead applied among long lacquered grasses dating from the mid 20th century enclosed in the original signed wooden box accompanied by a label from the Yamagata Museum dated Showa 34 (1959). It is 26.5 × 29.5 × 4.5 cm (10-1/2 x 12 x 2 inches) and is in excellent condition. The storage box is of cross-cut Jindai-sugi cedar, a highly prized grain. The box contains a shikishi poem card by the artist.