Antique Japanese Wooden Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cup Gold Makie 3” Byoubu Yoshido are traditional Japanese summer

Yoshido are traditional Japanese summer screens designed to bring both comfort and elegance to homes during the warmer months

We have examples of eight of the twelve prints in this series which was originally folded and lightly bound into a folio

It too has three rings

This carving measures 15

hand spun cotton features a design

Antique Japanese Wooden Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cup Gold Makie 3” Byoubu Yoshido are traditional Japanese summerThis is an antique Japanese late Meiji Era (c. 1910) lacquer sakazuki (sake cup) made of hand turned cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of red lacquer. It has makie (raised gold artwork) depicting Mt Fuji and lace scape. Japanese lacquer from the Meiji era was considered the finest ever made. It is durable enough to withstand the harshest treatment the centuries have thrown at it. Having been in storage for over a century, this sakazuki remains