Lacquered box for poem papers with sea horses Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryOf wood covered in black lacquer, the slightly convex lid decorated in zonsei-nuri, colored lacquer with incised lines filled withld leaf, depicting three seahorses amongst seaweedWith a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Zonsei shikishibako tatsu no otoshigo (Zonsei box for poem papers with seahorse) and signed Awane saku (Made by Awane) 12 x 11 x 2 1/2in (30.4 x 27.9 x 6.3cm)