Japanese Document Boxes
Japanese Gilt Lacquer Document Box with a Calligraphy Document
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese gilt lacquer document box with a calligraphy Document, painted and gilt in flowers, a
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Lacquer Ryoshibako Document Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
). The generous size of the box was reserved for paper document and called Ryoshibako in Japanese. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Large Japanese Lacquer Document Box, Ryoshibako, Edo/Meiji period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A large and magnificently decorated Japanese lacquer document box, ryoshibako, signed Umeboshi
Category
Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Softwood, Lacquer
$27,500
H 5.75 in W 10 in D 13.25 in
Vintage Japanese Black, Gold and Red Lacquer Document Fubako Box
Located in Sheridan, CO
Black, Gold and Red Lacquer Japanese Document Fubako Box, Meiji period, late 19th C/Early 20th C. A
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Document Box, Edo Period, early 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacular Japanese maki-e lacquer lidded box, possibly a writing box, suzuribako, decorated
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Coral
$12,000
H 2.5 in W 9 in D 10 in
Japanese Antique Lacquer Document Box with Elaborate Hawk and Faux Oak Grain
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese antique lacquer document box with elaborate hawk and faux oak grain, Late Meiji (1868
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
$12,500
H 16.75 in W 12.25 in D 8.75 in
Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Gold Plum Blossom Design, Taisho Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A high quality, antique, Japanese black lacquer document box. It has an external design of gold
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
H 5.91 in W 16.15 in D 13 in
Superb Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Gold Maki e Design, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
An antique black lacquer document box with an exquisitely detailed, finely wrought design from The
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
H 5.52 in W 16.15 in D 13.39 in
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Japanese document box
Located in Fresno, CA
Late Meiji period bunko-bako or document box. The exterior elaborately decorated in makie, or gold
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
AN EDO MEIJI PERIOD LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX . JAPAN, CIRCA 1880
Located in New York, NY
RECTANGULAR, THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DECORATED WITH MOTHER OF PEARL, GILT AND SILVER LACQUER FLOWERS, BRANCHES AND LEAVES ON A BLACK LACQUER BACKGROUND.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
AN EDO MEIJI PERIOD LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX. JAPAN, CIRCA 1890
Located in New York, NY
RECTANGULAR, THE COVER DECORATED WITH A GILT LACQUER DESIGN OF TURTLES IN A POND ON A BLACK LACQUER BACKGROUND, THE INTERIOR FITTED WITH A TRAY.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Large Japanese Lacquer Document Box
Located in New york, NY
19th century Japanese lacquer document box with metal trim and gold accents.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese More Asian Art, Objects and...
Materials
Metal
19th Century, Edo Period Japan, Suzuribako and Bunko Document Box
Located in London, GB
Fine Bunko (document box) and Suzuribako (writing box), style of Ogawa Haritsu, seal mark of KAN
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Other Antiquities
Materials
Copper, Silver
Meiji period document box of large size
Located in Fresno, CA
Late Meiji period bunko-bako or document box, with the sides and panels decorated with landscape
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
20th Century Kinjoo Ikokusai Carved Lacquer Document Box
Located in TORINO, IT
20th century carved lacquer document box
Kinjoo Ikokusai was born in Hiroshima in 1906 and died in
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Elegant Japanese Document Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elegant Japanese Meiji period hardwood document box with iron hardware and Japanese inscriptions
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Boxes
Antique Japanese Figural Cast Bronze Relief Oni and Serpent Document Box
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Japanese figural document box offers cast bronze footed case with hinged lid and having
Category
20th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Ryoshibako Document Box of Black Lacquer with Gold Chrysanthemum Decoration
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Ryoshibako ( document ) box of black lacquer with overall scattered gold chrysanthemum and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
H 4.5 in W 10.75 in D 11 in
Japanese or Korean Hardwood Storage Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 19th century Korean or Japanese document storage box the interior fitted with a single drawer and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Korean Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm
Japanese Black lacquer document box
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Black lacquer document box, with peony design.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Lacquer Document Box and Cover
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental Japanese lacquer-ware document box is a work of extraordinary artistry. Displaying
Category
Antique 19th Century Asian Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Large Vintage Japanese Lacquer Document Box, Ryoshibako, Showa Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A large and boldly decorated Japanese lacquer document box, ryoshibako, Showa Period, circa 1960
Category
Vintage 1960s Showa Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
H 4.5 in W 10 in D 13 in
Japanese Black Lacquer Large Document Box with Gold Maki-E Design, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
This Japanese black lacquer document box, known as a ryoshi- bako in Japanese is in fantastic
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
H 6.3 in W 16.15 in D 13 in
18-th Century Tokugawa Shogunate Document Box. Meiji Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
box is a rare and valuable piece of Japanese history and culture. It would make a wonderful addition
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Leather
Antique Japanese Black Lacquer Scroll Box with Gold Maki-e Lacquer Design
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Antique Japanese black lacquer document box with maki-e decoration of vine leaves in gold and a red
Category
Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Gold
H 1.97 in W 14.18 in D 3.55 in
Contemporary Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Engraved Floral Design
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Contemporary Japanese black lacquer document box with an unusual and exquisitely engraved chinkin
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
H 4.53 in W 13.19 in D 10.24 in
Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A Japanese black lacquer document box decorated with a motif of five flying cranes over a landscape
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Japanese Letter or Document Box, 1950s
By George Nakashima
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-century document box from Japan. Beautiful butterfly joinery. The lid can also be used as a
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Japanese Military Campaign Document Box. Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
Japanese military Campaign traveling document box with fitted compartmentalized interior drawers
Category
Antique 1770s Japanese Edo Furniture
Large Japanese Black Lacquer Ryoshibako 'Document' Box
Located in Stamford, CT
A large early 20th century Japanese Ryoshibako (document) box of black lacquer with rounded corners
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Japanese Fine Bronze "Buddhist Documents" Vessel Mint, Signed, And Boxed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Bronze precious documents box mint, signed, and boxed
With original artist designer documents and
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Gold and Black Lacquer Service Tray and Lacquer Document Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Japanese gold and black lacquer service tray and lacquer document box,
Both first half of the
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Document Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Taisho period (c1920s) Japanese document box. Solid sugi (cedar) wood with original hardware
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Boxes
A Large Japanese Gold Lacquer Document Box
Located in New York, NY
Of rectangular form with rounded edges, the exterior adorned with the imperial kamon and the togukawa mon amidst scrolling vines on a brown and gold maki-e background, the underside ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Gyokuho, A Large Japanese Black and Gilt Lacquer Document Box (Bunko)
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional box of the highest quality lacquer and of a striking modern design. The rectangular
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Japanese Lacquer Document Box
Located in Antwerp, BE
Japanese document box lacquered in the deepest espresso brown or black color.
Bird and swirl
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Small Japanese Lacquer Document Box
Located in New York, NY
A signed antique Japanese document box in black lacquer, with raised gold and red floral design.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Lacquer Tiered Document Box
Located in New York, NY
Antique Japanese lacquer tiered box comprised of two stacked trays and a cover, the whole supported
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes
Large Japanese Gold Lacquer Document Box
Located in New York, NY
The rectangular lacquer box has rounded edges. The exterior depicts scrolling vines interspersed
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Persimmon Document Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese antique lacquer document box. Meiji period. Exquisitely lacquered in black and persimmon
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Large Japanese Lacquer Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and very detailed large Japanese suzuribako or document box, dating to the late 19th
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood
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Antique Chinese Cinnabar, Brass and Enamel Box
Located in Miami, FL
A crisply carved antique Chinese red cinnabar lacquer lidded round box with blue enamel interior and brass fittings. The "dragon's blood" trinket box has a fine peony, foliate and fl...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Console, France, 1925, Art Deco in Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Console Art Deco
Material: Wood.
France.
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Console Tables
Materials
Wood
Set of 6 Original Vintage Flower Fairy Prints, circa 1930
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of 6 flower fairy prints
Lovely bright colors
After the artwork by Cicely Mary Barker
Published by Blackie & Son
Unframed.
The measurement given is the paper size ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Prints
Materials
Paper
19th Century Chinese Canopy Wedding Bed
Located in Marbella, ES
This is a wonderful example of a canopy bed from Shanghai Province, China. Made of Chinese Northern Elm, this bed features hoofed feet and multiple floral carvings.
The exterior ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Gold Leaf
English West Country Glazed Kitchen Dresser
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful 19th century English West Country glazed pine kitchen dresser. 1840.
Code: 8842
Dimensions:
W: 59" (149.9 cm)
H: 75.5" (191.8 cm)
D: 18" (45.7 cm)
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Dressers
Materials
Pine
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Marble Vase
Located in New York, NY
Pair of ormolu mounted marble vases with ornate gilt bronze leafing and figural mounts framing the urns.
France, 19th century.
Measures: 20-1/2 in. (52cm) height.
NMA Inv. 454
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare 19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Tea Caddy, circa 1820
Located in Richmond, London
A very rare English Regency period chinoiserie style black lacquer box, exquisitely gilt-decorated with whimsical oriental motifs.
England, early 19th century.
Why we like it
A cha...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Chinoiserie Tea Caddies
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century Painted Dutch Display Cabinet
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Interesting 18th century painted oak Dutch display cabinet with a lovely size. 1780.
Code: 8831
Dimensions:
W: 37.5" (95.3 cm)
H: 81" (205.7 cm)
D: 18.5" (47 cm)
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Early 19th Century Dutch Painted Cabinet
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful early 19th century painted and glazed oak Dutch cabinet. 1820.
Code: 8827
Dimensions:
W: 68" (172.7 cm)
H: 87" (221 cm)
D: 23" (58.4 cm)
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios. 19th Century Daybed
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This recamier/daybed was conceived and executed with utmost quality and expertise, showing a style that incorporates many influences from the eigtheenth and ninetheenth century. Made...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Brazilian Romantic Chaise Longues
Materials
Wood
A large 19th century Japanese lacquer writing box with a secret compartment
Located in Central England, GB
This remarkable and highly decorative Japanese export large writing box is a rare high quality example with a complicated and intricate interior.
The box is in very good condition c...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
$2,903
H 7.88 in W 12.6 in D 19.3 in
19th Century Rustic Swedish Painted Pine Secretary
Located in Round Top, TX
This secretary is a special find due to the original brick red painted finish, gently scraped to reveal the natural pine below.
The interior desk holds multiple drawers with central ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Secretaires
Materials
Pine, Paint
Large 19th Century Painted Kitchen Dresser
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Large 19th century English glazed and painted pine kitchen dresser with sliding doors and great storage. 1880.
Top shelves are adjustable.
Upper shelf depth: 26cm (10-inches)
Cod...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Dressers
Materials
Pine
Monumental 19thC English Ebonised Mahogany Glazed Breakfront Bookcase
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1880
Monumental 19thC English Ebonised Mahogany Glazed Breakfront Bookcase
sku 2007
Together W258 x D38 x H223 cm
Base W247 x D38 x H88 cm
Base right section internal shelf dep...
Category
Antique 19th Century Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
$23,549
H 87.8 in W 101.58 in D 14.97 in
Iron strong box or safe. 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Safe box. Iron. XIX century.
Rectangular safe made of iron, with a rectangular base, two handles on the sides and classicist-influenced molding decorations on the fronts and top. It...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other, Iron
19th Century Tapestry Cushions, A Pair, Circa 1890
Located in Richmond, London
A decorative pair of loose pillows or cushions, made of antique hand made needlework tapestry of floral design, with modern cotton backing and ruby / cream fringe edging.
English, la...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Pillows and Throws
Materials
Wool, Linen
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Japanese Document Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of Japanese document boxes is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of lacquer, wood and bronze, all Japanese document boxes available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of Japanese document boxes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Japanese document boxes bearing Mid-Century Modern hallmark is very popular at 1stDibs.
How Much are Japanese Document Boxes?
Prices for Japanese document boxes start at $375 and top out at $26,500 with the average selling for $3,500.
Questions About Japanese Document Boxes
- What is a Japanese puzzle box?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A 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 ExpertApril 5, 2022To clean a Japanese lacquer box, start by moistening a soft lint-free cloth with warm water. Ring it out and then gently rub every surface. Do not use soap as it may damage the lacquer. Dry the box promptly with a second soft, dry lint-free cloth. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Japanese lacquer boxes.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The inkstone was the most precious and permanent object in a Japanese writing set. It is a mortar used for mixing dry ink with water for the purposes of writing. You'll find a selection of Japanese writing boxes on 1stDibs.
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