Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box painted carved dog but I especially love ones

but I especially love ones like this that open out

but these are my very favorites of all— one of the first toys designed by renowned Swiss carpenter and designer Kurt Naef (1926–2006)

these are a German tradition

A beauty of an antique paint decorated box

Antique Japanese Wooden Scroll Box painted carved dog but I especially love onesThis Japanese box would once have held a hanging scroll long since separated from it, but such a beautiful box! Google image can be dangerous useless, but I managed to get what I believe is a correct translation of the label adhered to one short end, indicating the subject of the scroll was the Thirteen Buddhist dieties (though it also seems possible more than one scroll had a life in this box!) In any case, it clearly has a good bit of age, nice warm