Original Wada Sanzo c.1939 Woodblock Print Blacksmith Kaji Swordsmith Showa #13 18"W LS#012 Tsukue “ Cuff to cuff =

“ Cuff to cuff = " (125”cm)

The Japanese Ranma is a decorative and functional carving used above a door way to allow airflow and light to pass though

This is a Chinese Imari (blue and white) porcelain water bucket style flower vase

Saikan no Sanyu (歳寒三友) or Three Friends of Winter

Usually taken from the rafters of old houses

Original Wada Sanzo c.1939 Woodblock Print Blacksmith Kaji Swordsmith Showa #13 18"W LS#012 Tsukue “ Cuff to cuff =Wada Sanz (18831967) Blacksmith (, Kaji), No. 13 from Shwa Shokugy E zukushi (Japanese Vocations in Pictures) Vintage Japanese Shwa Era, c. 1939 The Shwa Shokugy E zukushi series began in 1938 and was published by Nishinomiya Shoin; the prewar sequence contains 48 prints, limited to 300 impressions each. The composition draws the viewer into the dim interior of an open front smithy: a bald master smith crouches at the forge, working a length of