Japanese Document Boxes

Fine Bunko (document box) and Suzuribako (writing box), style of Ogawa Haritsu, seal mark of KAN. Each of typical form and decorated in gold hiramakie, takamakie, kirigane, muranash...

Late Meiji period bunko-bako or document box, with the sides and panels decorated with landscape panels executed in hiramakie, with a second interior lacquer tray, in nishiji lacquer...

20th century carved lacquer document box Kinjoo Ikokusai was born in Hiroshima in 1906 and died in 1991.

An elegant Japanese Meiji period hardwood document box with iron hardware and Japanese inscriptions on the drawer front.

An antique Japanese figural document box offers cast bronze footed case with hinged lid and having relief design including Oni or Hannya devil mask, serpents, dragons, floral and fol...

Japanese Ryoshibako ( document ) box of black lacquer with overall scattered gold chrysanthemum and engraved vine tendrils.

A 19th century Korean or Japanese document storage box the interior fitted with a single drawer and shelf, the case resting on bracket feet.

Japanese Black lacquer document box, with peony design.

This monumental Japanese lacquer-ware document box is a work of extraordinary artistry.

A large and boldly decorated Japanese lacquer document box, ryoshibako, Showa Period, circa 1960, Japan.

A spectacular Japanese maki-e lacquer lidded box, possibly a writing box, suzuribako, decorated with images of folding fans, ogi, Edo Period, early 19th century, Japan. The low, rec...

A high quality, antique, Japanese black lacquer document box. It has an external design of gold maki e plum blossoms.

This Japanese black lacquer document box, known as a ryoshi- bako in Japanese is in fantastic condition for its age.

An antique black lacquer document box with an exquisitely detailed, finely wrought design from The Tale of the Genji depicted in gold maki e across the lid. Internally, the box is de...

A Rare and Historic Letter Box This rare and historic letter box is made of leather and is covered with embossed Tokugawa Shogun gilded crests. The box bears the name of an official...

Antique Japanese black lacquer document box with maki-e decoration of vine leaves in gold and a red silk cord tie, early Meiji period, circa 1870.

Contemporary Japanese black lacquer document box with an unusual and exquisitely engraved chinkin-bori floral design and colorful maki-e, circa 1960.

A Japanese black lacquer document box decorated with a motif of five flying cranes over a landscape with conifers, grasses and a rushing brook, all exquisitely rendered in gold, silv...

Mid-century document box from Japan. Beautiful butterfly joinery.

Japanese military Campaign traveling document box with fitted compartmentalized interior drawers, original wrought iron mounts, side handles, and decorative Japanese writing, Late 18...

A large early 20th century Japanese Ryoshibako (document) box of black lacquer with rounded corners beautifully decorated with gold butterflies.

Bronze precious documents box mint, signed, and boxed With original artist designer documents and signed collector hinoki wood storage box, tomobako.

A Japanese gold and black lacquer service tray and lacquer document box, Both first half of the 20th century, The tray is of rectangular form with round corners, the interior is dec...

Taisho period (c1920s) Japanese document box. Solid sugi (cedar) wood with original hardware.