Sweet Set of Hand-painted Wooden Houses and Buildings sacred but also the secular aspects

but also the secular aspects of tea and Japanese life

25" diameter × 1

and provocative—definitely as much a book for adults as children

This may be my favorite lacquered box I've had--and I've gathered a fair number of lacquer boxes

Watercolor

Sweet Set of Hand-painted Wooden Houses and Buildings sacred but also the secular aspectsOne finds a variety of wooden folk houses and structures painted on wood blocks as these are, but these charmed me for being cheerful but not at all fussy, and for the great combo of colors all together. I also like the houses mixed together with the triple deckers, which makes for good for stacking, too! I found them all together, though I'm not totally sure that were all made by the same person as the painting is more precise on some than others all