This is a Wajima-nuri flower vase made by Tadashi Inami. It is Wajima-nuri, one of the three major lacquerware traditions in Japan. You can feel the beauty of tradition. It is a beautiful flower vase with butterflies inlaid with gold and shell, harmonizing with the jet-black vase. The size is approximately 27 cm in height, 5 cm square at the mouth, 12.5 cm deep, and 6.5 cm square at the bottom. It is a piece that exudes both calmness and splendor. I think it will look great displayed in a tokonoma (alcove). It embodies the beauty of traditional Japanese lacquerware flower vases. It comes in a wooden box. (Reference) Artist: Tadashi Inami He entered the Tokyo Fine Arts School attached Ministry of Education Craft Technology Training Institute in 1942 and studied under Kakutaro Yamazaki, Toshimo Kato, and Kenkichi Tomimoto, studying lacquer art and ceramics. After graduating, he studied under his father, the second generation Kirokusai Inami. Since his first selection for the 1st Nitten Exhibition in 1946, he has exhibited continuously, receiving the Special Prize twice, and the Prime Minister's Award at the Japan Contemporary Craft Art Exhibition in 1984. He received the Japan Art Academy Award in 1994. Nitten Councilor.