These beautiful steel boxes are manufactured in Japan by Toyo Steel Company

a technique traditionally used to make insect cages and paper lanterns

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A creative and charming official Studio Ghibli product for anyone who loves Japanese craftsmanship and animation

Haiku obaasan These beautiful steel boxes areHaiku seventeen syllable poems that evoke entire worlds despite their brevity have fascinated Japanese readers since the 17th century. Today, the form is cultivated around the world and has become part of our shared global cultural heritage. This beautiful, traditionally hand bound edition presents new English translations of classic poems by the four great masters of Japanese haiku Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa, and Masaoka Shiki