VINTAGE JAPANESE HARIBAKO SEWING JEWELRY TANSU BOX with Secret Stash & Ruler

Description

A Japanese sewing box from the early 1900's (1910 - 1935)
The inside of the drawers are paulownia (Kiri wood), A very light weight Asian wood.
On the right side there's a slot for a ruler. (Photos 4 - 5) This vintage traditional ruler was made with both metric and Japan's pre-metric traditional measurements. "Sun" (1.13 inch). The writing on the back, the red lacquered side, says t came from a shop in Kyoto on "9th Street" (Kujyo dori)
There's a secret stash box behind the top storage box. Lift the top lid, pull out the kiri wood  box sitting inside and behind it there's a small hole made for a small finger. Pull on that and there's the stash box. (Photos 8 - 11)
It is 10 inches high (25.5 cm) 12 3/4 inches wide (32.5 cm) and 7 5/8 inches deep (19 cm). It weighs just over 4 1/2 pounds.
In this era a woman would often make the kimonos for the household, repair the ones they had as well as futons and anything else that needed repairing material wise. This was a woman's toolbox. And because they were so necessary and so often used, like many of the everyday but necessary items in Japan, they were beautifully made. These boxes are often used as jewelry boxes or for the storage of small items.
We have been selling Japanese antiques for 23 years. We are shipping from Los Angeles.
We have other antique/vintage Japanese items on our ebay site. We will combine items for shipping if we can safely do so.
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