AA236 Yoshino-nuri style four bowls. The black lacquer base features a design of red hibiscus (mokufuyo) and other patterns. These can be used as kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal) bowls, with the lids used as small bowls, or as soup bowls or zoni (New Year's soup) bowls. Size: Bowl: Diameter 7.5cm x Height 5cm Lid: Diameter 6.5cm x Height 2cm This is part of a collection of vintage and antique items, rare antiques from the past, such as Kutani ware, Imari ware, Karatsu ware, Mino ware, and Shigaraki ware, which are examples of Japan's good old traditional crafts. There are some natural stains and minor scratches due to long-term storage and aging. There is a chip on the edge of the bottom. I have included close-up images to show the scratches and stains, but please feel free to comment if you have any concerns about points that are difficult to see in the images or any other details. Please consider this item not only as practical tableware, but also for display as interior decoration or as part of an antique collection. Sometsuke (blue and white) plate, bowl, dish, old item, antique, vintage, Showa retro Yoshino-nuri four bowls, folk art, Yoshino bowls, Wajima-nuri lacquerware, lacquer bowls, tea ceremony utensils, kaiseki