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Vintage Japanese Wood Tonkotsu Tobacco Box Container Daruma Figure with Ojime:
$86.00
Amusing old carved wood "Tonkotsu" tobacco box kimono accessory. Traditionally it is used to hang from a Japanese obi sash to hold tobacco or sometimes medicines or seals. This tonkotsu box is in the form of "Daruma" (for perservence and good luck), carved in the form of a mokugyo or temple bell, with a grotesque expression on his round face. His hands function as cord holders, pulling his own face into place. This box issometimes part of a kit known as "inro" that would also include a tobacco pipe holder and a netsuke figure hung from the same cord.The wood box is in very good condition, just over 4" tall and 2-3/4" wide. It appears that an oval hole had been carved into the base, which is now filled in with a different piece of thin wood. The cord has a wooden ojime bead.See all photos for best description of this wonderful vintage item.
