Lacquer Box: What Sort of 4th Class Rising Sun ???
Article about: Here's something I do not see every day ... so I need the help of our collector fraternity. Here is a lacquer box for the Order of the Rising Sun 4th Class ... is this for presentation to a
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Yes, that was a box for presentation to foreigners in the late Meiji period, after the Russo-Japanese War. around 1907. Earlier and later cases for foreigners had the multiple crests, so this type was used for only a short time. The tie tassels have been replaced, they would have been longer and red, attached to both sides of the box to be tied at the middle of the closed lid. These cases for foreigners are called Tamatebako, like what Taro Urashima received from the mermaid princess at the palace under the sea. You could have stayed 35 years old had you not opened the box.
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Nick,
Thank you very much for such an informative post. Sadly, I've opened the Tamatebako and am no longer 35 years old -- the additional 33 years will catch up to me in late October!
Much obliged,
-- Guy
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Well, with all the missing parts, it will be good as you say, for a jewelry box. It will easily hold your earring collection
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
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nick komiya
Here's the 4th class Tamatebako from before the Russo-Japanese War.
Wow ... simply beautiful. Thanks for posting that image ... drool-drool....
-- Guy
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