Japanese Kamakurabori Carved O-Natsume Lacquer Plum Blossom Motif 4"H Cricket Fighting It is gracefully hand painted

It is gracefully hand painted in a solid red with a signal horizontal stroke

This is a vintage Japanese Kamakurabori plate which is signed by the artist

Wada Sanzō (1883–1967) — Blacksmith (鍛冶

Forged iron side handles aid in transporting this chest even when fully loaded with documents

Japanese Kamakurabori Carved O-Natsume Lacquer Plum Blossom Motif 4"H Cricket Fighting It is gracefully hand paintedJapanese Kamakurabori Lacquer O Natsume Ume Plum Blossom Carved Red Black Japan, Showa period 3. 75 in H 3. 5 in dia (10 9 cm); Weight: less than 1lb A large format natsume () in the Kamakurabori () tradition, carved from wood and finished in layered red and black lacquer. The body and domed lid are worked overall in a kikk () tortoiseshell faceted ground, each facet cleanly defined with crisp tooled edges; the lacquer pools darkly in the recesses