Antique Japanese Lacquered Nurigeta Marbled Lacquer Velvet Straps Pair 9"L Laquer The bottom drawer has 10"

The bottom drawer has 10" of vertical clearance and the top drawer has 6"

This compact tetsubin is signed on the base with a cast rectangular cartouche — a four-character maker's mark in cursive script

while also acting as a miniature work of art

carrying the Tokyo Arsenal “four cannonballs” inspection stamp on the guard—a mark applied only from 1896 to 1899

Signed and dated Showa 37 (Oct 7

Antique Japanese Lacquered Nurigeta Marbled Lacquer Velvet Straps Pair 9"L Laquer The bottom drawer has 10"Antique Japanese Lacquered Nurigeta (), Morioka, Floral Lacquer, Velvet Thong, Pair Japan, Iwate Prefecture (Morioka), MeijiTaish period 9"L 3. 25"W 2. 25"H (23 8 6 cm) A decorative pair of women's nurigeta () in two tooth () construction, produced in Morioka (), Iwate Prefecture a northern lacquerware region where winter snow and ice informed practical design. The platform is finished in dense floral lacquerwork red blossoms and gold detail on a deep