Vintage Japanese Hand Crafted Wood Hida Shunkei Lacquer Tray Obon Ozen 11" Shunga 20" W × 14" H

20" W × 14" H (51 × 36 cm)

based on an original Japanese newspaper sheet discovered lining one of the lower drawers (included and retained)

No modern refinishing is evident

25" (Top = 18 5/8" Bottom = 18 5/8") Great for use side by side

Vintage Japanese Hand Crafted Wood Hida Shunkei Lacquer Tray Obon Ozen 11" Shunga 20" W × 14" HThis is a vintage Japanese wooden lacquered tray called an obon or ozen. It was made in the Hida Takayama region of Gifu prefecture in the Shunkei lacquer ware tradition and hand crafted in the mid to late Showa ear c 1960's 1980's. This type of natural lacquer ware has been famous in Japan for centuries. What makes Hida Shunkei lacquer ware so special is the way that the beauty of the surface of the wood is brought out by the application of a