Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1870's Kiri Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 11" Doll 5" tall (18 x 35

5" tall (18 x 35

75"H x 16"WHiroshi SealSigned: Hiroshi Yoshida in pencilCondition: Very good color and impression

Very unusual wooden mechanical pencil with a carved top in the form of a cats head

It was made by a Japanese master blade maker of laminated hand forged steel with the same process as is used to make traditional Japanese samurai swoTThis KTisThisThis Kanna blade is ready to be honed and fitted into a wooden dai of your making

Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1870's Kiri Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 11" Doll 5" tall (18 x 35This is a 120 year old antique Japanese suzuribako from the late Meiji Era c1900. This suzuribako (portable calligraphy tansu) has three drawers and a lidded top section, made of solid Kiri (paulowina) wood. The metal hardware is hand forged iron. Length = 11" Width = 7" Height = 7" 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,