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What is a Japanese puzzle box?
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A Japanese puzzle box, called himitsu-bako, are wooden boxes which keep items safe from theft through an intricate mechanical pattern. These boxes require specific steps moving the mechanism to release the obscured lid, opening to reveal the cavity within.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
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Located in Katori-Shi, 12
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Cigar Boxes and Humidors
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Japanese Antique Paper Covered Wooden Box, Late 19th Century
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Old box made of cedar wood covered with paper. It is from around the Meiji era (1868-1912).
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes
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Japanese Meiji Period Lacquered Wooden Box w/ Original Outer Case, Ca. 1880
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Lacquered Wooden Box w/ Original Outer Case, Ca. 1880
Meiji Period
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Antique 1880s Japanese Japonisme Jewelry Boxes
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Vintage Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Seattle, WA
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Japanese Wooden Storage Box, Meiji Period
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese Elm wooden storage box, circa 1890. Meiji Period.
Outer decorations in wrought iron
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Antique 1880s Furniture
Materials
Iron
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Japanese Calligraphy Set with a Red Lacquer Wooden Box 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a calligraphy set with a wooden lacquer box.
There is a pen, an indien ink, a porcelain pot
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Inkwells
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Stone
