The Sakura Signet Box — Kamakura-bori, carved to keep the seal at rest.
The final layer of protection, and the most dignified place a seal can call home. Carved from the same 800-year tradition that earned the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award — a box made to house the cased signet between the moments that matter.Why this material
- Carved in the Kamakura-bori tradition — recognised within Japan Heritage and honoured at the national level.
- The layered natural lacquer exterior shields the seal case within from light, dust and the passage of years — a box built to outlast generations.
A Home Worthy of an Heirloom. In Japan, a seal is not left in a drawer — it is enshrined. This box, hand-carved with cherry blossoms in layered lacquer, gives the cased signet its rightful resting place: a small work of art that guards another, elevating safekeeping into ceremony.
Who it's for
For those who understand that how an object is kept says as much as the object itself — and for owners of a fine signet completing the full ensemble: seal, case, and the box that holds them both.
Please note: the signet and seal case shown in the photograph are for display purposes only and are not included. This listing is for the Kamakura-bori box only, designed to hold a standard cased seal.
The Sakura Signet Box — Kamakura-bori, carved to house the cased signet
KAMAKURA SIGNET — The Signature Collection
The pinnacle of our craft: Kamakura-bori, an 800-year tradition recognised within Japan Heritage and honoured with the Award of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. hand-finished by descendants of the Kei School of Buddhist sculptors, and engraved with your name by First-Class certified masters of the Tsukino family — four generations of carvers, working from a Kamakura atelier since 1898. Inscribed in our proprietary Tsukino Kissotai script, found in no other workshop. Released in a strictly limited number each year.
A craft Japan chose to tell the world about — entrusted, now, to a single name.
Dimensions: 160×70×45mm
