#lacquerbox

A lacquered inkstone box with mother of pearl detailing, said to have been a gift from Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇) to Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝) during the late 1180′s, from the collection of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine (鶴岡八幡宮) in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture

A Three-Case Inro Signed Koma Yasutada saku, Edo Period (19th century)

An inro is a traditional Japanese case for holding small objects, suspended from the obi worn around the waist when wearing kimono. They are often highly decorated with various materials such as lacquer and various techniques such as maki-e, and are more decorative than other Japanese lacquerware.

Decorated in iroe-takamaki-e and hirame on a polished black lacquer ground with sprinkled gold to the lower half, with a bird on a flowering camellia branch, red lacquer interiors, fundame risers and rims

Bumpy lacquer.

Ticket stub for the museum of shrine treasures (熊野神宝館) associated with Kumano Hayatama Shrine (熊野速玉大社) in Shingū, Wakayama Prefecture, featuring a wood box lavishly decorated with lacquer illustration dating to the Muromachi period (1336-1573)

Includes a bit of water damage from the kind of rainy day typical for the Kii Peninsula’s southern reaches

A paulownia wood box lavishly decorated with lacquer illustration dating to the Muromachi period (1336-1573) in the museum associated with Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine (熊野速玉大社) in Shingū, Wakayama Prefecture