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Vintage Japanese Wood Tonkotsu Tobacco Box Container Inro with 2 Ojime:
$76.00
Unusual old 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. Two decorative "ojime" beads at either end are threaded on an old leather cord. This box issometimes part of a kit known as "inro" that would also include a tobacco pipe and a netsuke figure hung from the same cord.The wood box is in very good condition, just over 4" across, 1-1/2" wide, and 2-1/2" tall when fully closed. The box interior has a metal lining and shows evidence of tobacco and ashes.The leather cord is knotted in many places and needs restoration in order to perform as a toggle.
