Japanese Marquetry and Black Lacquer Lidded Box with Interior Tray decorative weaving and the hand-written two-sided cards--accounting

and the hand-written two-sided cards--accounting for every month and possibility for how the dates fall--are easily removed

is one of her finds

--and would love to see a whole collection of them

Woven together are distorted proverbs

as is its traditional purpose

Japanese Marquetry and Black Lacquer Lidded Box with Interior Tray decorative weaving and the hand-written two-sided cards--accountingI believe this box is Meiji period Japanese, as I have found a few other pieces cabinets mostly with very very similar marquetry patterning, called Yosegi in Japan, combined with black lacquered interiors as is the case here. What I really love about it is the way the triangular motif plays out across the top and sides, in different varieties of wood subtly and surprisingly defying expectations. Really sharp looking, and a useful box too, with an