Lacquer

Nashiji. On the lid cart decorated with a flower basket in different colored gold-hira and takamaki-e with gold foil and kirigane. Dense nashiji inside and on the ground.
Japan, Edo period (1600-1868), 18th century

for storing incense for Kôdô ("incense way").
Jumping carp in waves, with algae and smaller fish.
Hiramaki-e and Takamaki-e on Maki-bokashi,
Roiro ground; inside Nashiji lacquer.

Incense box (kōbako) in the form of an ‘Okina mask’ placed on textile (obi)
Wood; on kinji lacquer ground ornamental motifs, floral crests with phoenixes and an ‘Okina’ mask; gold, silver taka-, hira-, togidashi-maki-e techniques, pigment, mother-of-pearl inlay
Meiji period, latter half of 19th century

four-part stackable container
Golden lacquer
Shell design in relief on the lid
Inside, dense Nashiji (sprinkled golden lacquer)
Edo period (1600-1868)

four-part stackable container
Golden lacquer, nashiji
19th century

Negoro lacquer on Keyaki wood (Zelkova)
Japan, early Edo period (1600-1868),
around 1700

Negoro lacquer on wood
Japan, Momoyama period (1568-1600)

Negoro lacquer on wood
Japan, Momoyama / Edo period (16th/ 17th century)

lacquered black outside, red inside;
hight foot-ring.
Natural lacquer ( Urushi ) on wood.
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)