Japanese Medicine Box Case Drawer Kusuribako
This is a Japanese vintage medicine box. This is a red-colored drawer box made of wood and paper. This is an early red medicine box from Koukando. In the old days, there was a service that would keep a box of medicines in your home and once or twice a year, a pharmacist would come to your house and charge for the medicines you used, and replace expired medicines with new ones.
- Japanese medicine box, Kusuribako
- Red
- Made of wood and paper drawer
- Words on the wooden box: Quality medicines, Home medicine, Koukando, works well, company address, Koukando home medicine association
- Words on the drawer: Cold medicine, Koukando, Masanao Tatei pharmacy
- Medicine list paper
- Ceramic
- Item weight: 421 grams
- Packed weight: 921 grams
- C1970
- Approx. 20 cm long x 17.5 cm wide x 10.5 cm tall
- Good condition considering its age. Some discolorations. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos carefully.
- Acquired at an estate sale of an old Japanese family in Nagoya, Japan
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