Japanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Ukiyoe narrow neck and gently flared

narrow neck and gently flared mouth

making it equally valued in contemporary meditation practice as in traditional temple use

Keyaki face (Japanese Elm)

Iwate Prefecture — a northern lacquerware region where winter snow and ice informed practical design

During the post–World War II years

Japanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Ukiyoe narrow neck and gently flaredJapanese Kinma Lacquer Chu Natsume Floral Scroll Tea Caddy Sanuki Style Kagawa Japan, Showa period 3 in H 2. 5 in dia (8 6 cm); Weight: under 1 lb (under 0. 5 kg) A chu natsume () decorated in kinma (), a technique of incising fine line designs into a lacquer ground and filling the channels with contrasting colored lacquer here red, green, and gold against a deep black base. The method, originating in Southeast Asia and refined in Japan most notably