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

but I especially love ones like this that open out

and think they must have been done by a very dexterous and meticulous school girl

makes it all the better

Since finding this one

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