Japanese woodwork

thumb| with the characters for longevity and good fortune and the "Seven Lucky Treasures" on checkerboard ground, Edo period, 18th century, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

thumb|Traditional houses in Naoshima, Kagawa clad with yakisugi panels

thumb| of a reclining boar, Hirado ware|Hirado Mikawachi porcelain with clear glaze, [[Edo period, 19th century]] thumb| figure of a dragon made of iron, by Myochin Muneaki in 1713 In Japanese art, is a Japanese term meaning "ornament for display; objet d'art; decorative object", for small objects typically displayed in a alcove or altar. The nearest equivalent term in Western art is probably objet d'art.

thumb|A larger Edo period suzuri-bako depicting eight bridges and iris, lacquerware and mother-of-pearl, attributed to [[Ogata Kōrin (National Treasure)]] thumb|Open box with writing implements inside such as brushes, inkstone, water container, and knife

thumb|Assorted hagoita Hagoita (羽子板 ｢はごいた｣) are the wooden paddles used to hit shuttlecocks (羽子 pronounced hago ｢はご｣ or hane ｢はね｣), traditionally made of soapberry seeds and bird feathers, that are used to play the traditional Japanese pastime called hanetsuki during the New Year. The paddles are decorated with various images, sometimes executed in relief, of women in kimono, kabuki actors, and so on. Japanese people think playing hanetsuki is a way to drive away evil spirits because the movement of the hagoita is similar to the harau action (a Japanese expression meaning "to drive away"). Thu

thumb|-style writing box, Nagasaki, 1800–1850, wood covered with black lacquer and inlaid with flowers in under-painted mother-of-pearl shell. thumb|Inlaid paper box with "wheels in flow" () design, National Treasure (Japan)|National Treasure, [[Heian period, 11–12th century, Tokyo National Museum]] thumb|Inlaid writing box with "Eight Bridges" () design, by Ogata Kōrin, National Treasure, [[Edo period, 18th century. The flowers are abalone shell inlays, Tokyo National Museum]] thumb|, Design of minute patterns in mother-of-pearl inlay, Somada school characterized by a combination of and techn

style of carpentry

LignoSat is a small Japanese wooden satellite. It is credited as the world's first satellite to be made of wood.

Japanese woodworking technique