Original Wada Sanzo c.1939 Woodblock Print Blacksmith Kaji Swordsmith Showa #13 18"W LS#012 Tsukue This is a Chinese Imari

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

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 100 year old antique Japanese Taisho era (c

A porcelain plaque with Japanese characters is affixed to the back

the Japanese often use the compound term composed of 3 separate words

Original Wada Sanzo c.1939 Woodblock Print Blacksmith Kaji Swordsmith Showa #13 18"W LS#012 Tsukue This is a Chinese ImariWada 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