"Samurai Curule Folding Seat - Japan - Meiji Period (1868-1912)."
JAPAN - Meiji period (1868-1912). Folding chair, called "curule" of samurai in black lacquered wood (light wear) decorated with red ideograms, brass reinforcements. The seat in tobacco leather stitched and inscribed with ideogram on the underside. Dimensions open: 39 x 28.5 x 33 cm.