Cedar wooden ryoshibako (or bunko) document box, decorated with deer and crane on the outer lid and bat on the inner lid in takamaki-e lacquer. As a wedding box, these animals are symbols of happiness, longevity and good luck.

Kawachi Hisaya seal lower right.

Includes its transport box with inscriptions: “(…) / made by Kawachi Hisaya” (高[閑 ?]市/河内瓢也造).

Japan, Kawachi Hisaya – Showa era (1926-1989)

Height: 3.9 in (10 cm) – width: 10.2 in (26.2 cm) – depth: 13.8 in (35.5 cm)