Vintage Japanese Hand Crafted Wood Hida Shunkei Round Wall Lacquer Bowl 7” Chashaku Made in the Nagoya style

Made in the Nagoya style in two parts made of hinoki (Japanese cypress) and sugi (cryptomeria) or Japanese cedar

Condition: Silk shows age-appropriate toning

Each year people will put and change out the zodiac animals on display in their homes to bring good fortune

Below the doors are two shallow drawers

Vintage Japanese Hand Crafted Wood Hida Shunkei Round Wall Lacquer Bowl 7” Chashaku Made in the Nagoya styleThis is a vintage Japanese wooden lacquered tray called an obon or ozen. It was made in the Hida Takayama region of Gifu prefecture in the Shunkei lacquer ware tradition and hand crafted in the mid to late Showa ear c 1960's 1980's. This type of natural lacquer ware has been famous in Japan for centuries. What makes Hida Shunkei lacquer ware so special is the way that the beauty of the surface of the wood is brought out by the application of a