Vintage Japanese Wooden Storage Box for Hanging Scroll
Hand-crafted and in a brown color, this sturdy and slender wooden box is made to store a hanging scroll, or kakejiku. Inside are two wooden brackets used for securing a scroll in place. There are Japanese inscriptions on the outside and the inside of the lid. There are stickers on two sides of the box.
Typically on display in Japanese tokonoma alcoves in homes and other traditional establishments such as ryokan, traditional Japanese inns, hanging scrolls have various themes, from seasonal/holiday images to poems to Buddhist text and imagery. For additional decorative detail, it's popular to add scroll weights, or fuchin, which are tassels with heavy polished stones that hang from the bottom end caps.
- Wood
- C1970
- Item Weight: 288 grams
- Packed Weight: 588 grams
- Approx. dimension: 47.4 cm long x 7.8 cm wide x 7.2 cm tall
- Approx. inside dimension: 45.4 cm long x 5.8 cm wide x 5 cm tall
- Good condition. Wear and tear due to age. Stains and marks. Scratches on the bottom. Please view the photos carefully.
- We got this box at an antique auction in Tajimi in Gifu, Japan
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