Antique Japanese Hand Made Suzuribako Calligraphy Box w/ Inscription Shunga Signed or titled in calligraphy

Signed or titled in calligraphy

It shows great care in the construction with hardened hinoki wood peg construction

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it measures 10" long over all (20

this one seems to be the same as those that are stamped with the size 五厘大 "gorindai"

Antique Japanese Hand Made Suzuribako Calligraphy Box w/ Inscription Shunga Signed or titled in calligraphyThis is an antique Japanese late Taisho Era (c. 1920) lacquered Suzuribako (calligraphy ink stone box) made of cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of pumpkin orange and black lacquer. Japanese lacquer from the this era was considered the finest ever made. It is all hand made and has two cranes detailed in maki e gold and red laquer. The inner lid is inscribed in gold and translates to: Ashikaga City Higashi Jinjo Elementary School and the large