Japanese Kamakurabori Carved O-Natsume Lacquer Plum Blossom Motif 4"H Cricket Fighting boxes or both are then

boxes or both are then signed by the craftsmen

Width = 24" (Frame 32")

Bamboo rises in broad

When the Type 32 replaced it in 1899

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Japanese Kamakurabori Carved O-Natsume Lacquer Plum Blossom Motif 4"H Cricket Fighting boxes or both are thenJapanese Kamakurabori Lacquer O Natsume Ume Plum Blossom Carved Red Black Japan, Showa period 3. 75 in H 3. 5 in dia (10 9 cm); Weight: less than 1lb A large format natsume () in the Kamakurabori () tradition, carved from wood and finished in layered red and black lacquer. The body and domed lid are worked overall in a kikk () tortoiseshell faceted ground, each facet cleanly defined with crisp tooled edges; the lacquer pools darkly in the recesses