Japanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Ukiyoe decorated in fine takazōgan (high

decorated in fine takazōgan (high relief inlay) of gold and shakudō

Iwate Prefecture — a northern lacquerware region where winter snow and ice informed practical design

and everyday urban life

This suzuribako (portable calligraphy tansu) has is rare in that it has just one drawer and a the lidded top section

Japanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Ukiyoe decorated in fine takazōgan (highJapanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Kagawa Japan, Showa period 3 in H 2. 5 in dia (8 6 cm); Weight: under 1 lb (under 0. 5 kg) A chu natsume () decorated in kinma (), a technique of incising fine line designs into a lacquer ground and filling the channels with contrasting colored lacquer here red, green, and gold against a deep black base. The method, originating in Southeast Asia and refined in Japan most notably