Original Wada Sanzo c.1939 Woodblock Print Blacksmith Kaji Swordsmith Showa #13 18"W LS#012 Tsukue The Japanese Ranma is a

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

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

Usually taken from the rafters of old houses

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

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 The Japanese Ranma is aWada 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