Antique Japanese Edo Era c1850 Suzuribako Calligraphy Chest Sugi Tansu 10" Metalwork Having been in storage for

Having been in storage for almost a hundred years

5" x 10" giclée reproduction print of a Japanese Showa era ukiyo-e (woodblock print) titled Mt Fuji from Mitsukubo c

Goddess of Mercy

It shows the general and archer Chinzei Hachiro Minamoto Tametomo shown exiled to the island of Ashijima in the Izu region

It is all hand made and fired at high temperatures for lasting durability

Antique Japanese Edo Era c1850 Suzuribako Calligraphy Chest Sugi Tansu 10" Metalwork Having been in storage forThis is a Japanese antique late Edo Era (1850) Japanese suzuribako. This suzuribako (portable calligraphy tansu) has a lidded top section and two lower drawers, made of solid sugi wood (Japanese cedar). The metal hardware is hand forged iron and copper handles. Suzuribako were used as portable accounting chests (the forerunner of the attache' case). Also known as a calligraphy chest as it housed an ink stone, brushes, ink stick, and paper. This chest