Japanese Buddhist Altar Lacquer Drawer Brass Black Gold Bamboo Birds Makie BP45 puller Blade: 53 mm

Blade: 53 mm

Kanji letters read Karuizawa

Item weight: 1388 grams

Inkstone 10

5 cm long x 42 cm wide x 25 cm tall

Japanese Buddhist Altar Lacquer Drawer Brass Black Gold Bamboo Birds Makie BP45 puller Blade: 53 mmVintage Japanese Buddhist Altar Butsudan Drawer This item comes from a Japanese vintage wooden Buddhist altar cabinet. This shallow, short drawer is mostly coated in glossy, classic black lacquer. The front contains intricate brass metal border embellishments and a beautiful hand painted gold makie depiction of bamboo and two small birds. The inside is lacquered red. In Japan, the Buddhist altar is a place to enshrine the principal image that is the