Small Japanese Knock-Down Shelving Unit: Has It a Name?

I picked this up only about 15 years ago, at a local yard sale. The wood is very lightweight, and appears to be Red Cedar but is probably a Japanese relative. It is 9 1/4" high, 9" deep, 13 1/2 wide; the boards are single panels, about 5/16" thick, an' total weight is ~21 0z.

Whatever it was meant to support couldn't have been too massive, as the assembly is somewhat prone to minor distortion if not on a reasonably level surface, due to the cord-tension being the only force holding it in assembled shape; the tenons aren't a structurally tight fit in the mortises. Note the detail in pic 5, showing what are apparently wear-pads on the load-bearing face of those mortises. The green cording looks like a small-diameter version of modern para-cord. I really don't think this item has a lot of age to it.

The gourd an' moon cut-outs are probably of symbolic cultural significance, but I haven't researched that, nor really anything else about this sweet little shelf. I am sure there is a Japanese name for this type of construction, or the assembly itself, an' I'll be grateful to know what it is! Any other wisdom y'all may care to share will also be warmly received. Thanks for lookin'!

 

Love Japanese design,simple & elegant (& less fussy the Chinese).
PS-Maybe all the modern Japanese items are being made in China now ? Would that be called 'Chinapese' ?

 

...Or Chipanese?

 

Whit-You've got a leprechauns way with words !

 

I calls 'em as I sees 'em, bosko...

 

More that than Chippendale.