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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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Wood
Japanese Antique Paper Covered Wooden Box, Late 19th Century
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Old box made of cedar wood covered with paper. It is from around the Meiji era (1868-1912).
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Paper, Cedar
Antique Japanese Late Meiji Wood Box In Silver Frame With Chickens
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, varnished wooden box in silver frame. Circa: 1868 to 1912. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
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Silver
Vintage Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Seattle, WA
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Japanese Bowl in Original Wooden Box
Located in Stockholm, SE
it. it comes in its original wooden box.
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
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Ceramic
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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