Antique Japanese Wooden Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cup Gold Makie 3” Byoubu Yoshido are traditional Japanese summer

Yoshido are traditional Japanese summer screens designed to bring both comfort and elegance to homes during the warmer months

cream-to-blush pink

This carving measures 15

1900) kyodai (mirrored vanity tansu chest) with a unique arrangement of three drawers as well as a hidden section which is found when the lower drawer is removed (see picture 10)

We have examples of eight of the twelve prints in this series which was originally folded and lightly bound into a folio

Antique Japanese Wooden Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cup Gold Makie 3” Byoubu Yoshido are traditional Japanese summerThis is an antique Japanese late Meiji Era (c. 1910) lacquer sakazuki (sake cup) made of hand turned cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of red lacquer. It has makie (raised gold artwork) depicting Mt Fuji and lace scape. Japanese lacquer from the Meiji era was considered the finest ever made. It is durable enough to withstand the harshest treatment the centuries have thrown at it. Having been in storage for over a century, this sakazuki remains