{"id":277296,"date":"2026-05-07T18:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=277296"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:24:39","slug":"antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique Japanese storage box with calligraphy \u2013 Japan, circa 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Antique Japanese storage box with calligraphy<\/strong>, of elongated rectangular form and <em>sliding lid<\/em> on lateral runners, decorated at the front with <em>black-ink characters<\/em>. It originates from Japan, from the Taisho or early Showa period, where storage boxes ordered kitchen utensils, shop supplies or personal effects in the family warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>This typology \u2014 generically called kibako \u2014 was part of the portable furniture of the Japanese home and trade. Ink inscriptions named contents or owner: on this example the characters \u6599\u7406\u5668 (ry\u014dri-ki, &#8220;cooking utensils&#8221;) identify the use, and \u5ee3\u702c (Hirose), a family name, marks the owner or the workroom of origin.<\/p>\n<p>It is built in solid wood, with boards nailed and the sliding lid running on two straight guides integrated into the upper edge. The interior walls are untreated, with the live look of sawn wood; the front and sides retain a warm tone produced by use and the natural oxidation of the fibre.<\/p>\n<p>The calligraphy is broad and confident, brush-painted in dense black ink, and keeps all its contrast over the wood grain. The composition is austere, with no figurative motif, in the register typical of Japanese commercial boxes.<\/p>\n<p>The patina is warm and honest, with the wood darkened in the most handled areas, small splits at the joints and the ink of the characters unaltered. Every mark preserves the material trace of its everyday function.<\/p>\n<p>It sits naturally in wabi-sabi, japandi or contemporary rustic interiors. It works as a storage box for tableware, books or textiles, as a tabletop box for utensils, or as a standalone object on a sideboard, where the calligraphy reads as the only graphic note.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> Length 23 cm &#8211; Width 45 cm &#8211; Height 33 cm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Style:<\/strong> Traditional Japanese, Taisho \/ early Showa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Materials and techniques:<\/strong> Solid wood; sliding lid on straight guides; brush-painted calligraphy in black ink; nailed assembly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Place of origin:<\/strong> Japan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Period:<\/strong> Taisho \/ early Showa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date of manufacture:<\/strong> Circa 1920<\/li>\n<li><strong>Condition:<\/strong> Good. Some marks consistent with use. Wear consistent with age and use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This piece is part of the curated collection of <strong>Amaru Antiques, Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>ONE OF A KIND PIECE<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antique Japanese storage box with calligraphy, of elongated rectangular form and sliding lid on lateral runners, decorated at the front with black-ink characters. It originates from Japan, from the Taisho or early Showa period, where storage boxes ordered kitchen utensils, shop supplies or personal effects in the family warehouse. This typology \u2014 generically called kibako [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":277305,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[966,990],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-277296","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-antique-chests-antique-coffers","product_cat-japan-collection-antique-japanese-furniture","product_shipping_class-large-150","first","instock","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Antique Japanese storage box calligraphy | Japanese kibako sliding lid Taisho | AMARU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Antique Japanese storage box with sliding lid and ink calligraphy, Japan, circa 1920. Taisho kibako. One-of-a-kind at Amaru Antiques, Barcelona.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antique Japanese storage box with calligraphy \u2013 Japan, circa 1920\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Antique Japanese storage box with sliding lid and ink calligraphy, Japan, circa 1920. Taisho kibako. One-of-a-kind at Amaru Antiques, Barcelona.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AMARU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-08T14:24:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM30026-D-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Antique Japanese storage box with calligraphy \u2013 Japan, circa 1920\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Antique Japanese storage box calligraphy | Japanese kibako sliding lid Taisho | AMARU","description":"Antique Japanese storage box with sliding lid and ink calligraphy, Japan, circa 1920. Taisho kibako. One-of-a-kind at Amaru Antiques, Barcelona.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Antique Japanese storage box with calligraphy \u2013 Japan, circa 1920","og_description":"Antique Japanese storage box with sliding lid and ink calligraphy, Japan, circa 1920. Taisho kibako. One-of-a-kind at Amaru Antiques, Barcelona.","og_url":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/","og_site_name":"AMARU","article_modified_time":"2026-05-08T14:24:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1800,"height":1350,"url":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM30026-D-.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Antique Japanese storage box with calligraphy \u2013 Japan, circa 1920","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/","url":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/","name":"Antique Japanese storage box calligraphy | Japanese kibako sliding lid Taisho | AMARU","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM30026-D-.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-07T16:19:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-08T14:24:39+00:00","description":"Antique Japanese storage box with sliding lid and ink calligraphy, Japan, circa 1920. Taisho kibako. One-of-a-kind at Amaru Antiques, Barcelona.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM30026-D-.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM30026-D-.jpg","width":1800,"height":1350,"caption":"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-japanese-storage-box-with-calligraphy-japan-circa-1920-am30026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/en\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Antique chests","item":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/product-category\/antique-chests-antique-coffers\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Antique Japanese storage box with calligraphy \u2013 Japan, circa 1920"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/","name":"AMARU - Timeless Antiques","description":"Timeless antiques","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/#organization","name":"AMARU","url":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/logo-AMARU.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/logo-AMARU.svg","caption":"AMARU"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/277296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=277296"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=277296"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=277296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}