Japanese Kobako Yosegi Zaiku Marquetry Roll-Top Box

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Japanese Kobako Yosegi Zaiku marquetry roll-top box A Japanese Kobako box, small and very light box with a roll-top door. … more Japanese Kobako Yosegi Zaiku marquetry roll-top box A Japanese Kobako box, small and very light box with a roll-top door. A box, designed with beautiful Yosegi Zaiku inlay work (marquetry). Made in the Hakone region Hakone-Yosegi-Zaiku is a type of traditional Japanese inlay, developed in Hakone City during the Edo period. Yosegi-Zaiku is a technique that uses the natural colors of different trees and brings them together to create elaborate geometric patterns. Shearing the cross section of this block, called Zuku, creates an inlay panel that is glued to wood and then used to make the box. The types of wood used for color brown is walnut, yellow is linden, mulberry. Light brown is apricot, mulberry, oak. White is Linden and black is Chestnut. The measurement is 6,5 cm high, 21,5 cm wide and the depth is 17,5 The weight is 214 grams less