Japanese Inami Chokoku Sugi Wood Ranma Transom Carved Pine Tree Signed Kohō Taisho Showa 72"L Bowls Weight = 2lb 1oz

Weight = 2lb 1oz

Original chain chin scales intact

An elegant conical jingasa—the travel/field hat of the samurai—built on a light wooden core and finished in alternating gilt and deep black roiro panels with crisp fluting that echoes multi-plate kabuto

This exceptional Japanese nomi (chisel) was made many decades ago in the mid 20th century by a master Japanese blade maker in the tradition of the samurai sword

The black lacquer finish was waxed with beeswax and polished

Japanese Inami Chokoku Sugi Wood Ranma Transom Carved Pine Tree Signed Kohō Taisho Showa 72"L Bowls Weight = 2lb 1ozJapanese Inami Chokoku Sugi Wood Ranma Transom Carved Pine Tree Signed Koho Taisho Showa 72"L Japan, Inami, Toyama Prefecture Taisho to early Showa Period, c. 1920s1930s A magnificent openwork ranma () architectural transom panel from the Inami woodcarving tradition of Toyama Prefecture Japan's most celebrated center of decorative woodcarving, where skilled artisans use over two hundred different chisels and knives to execute the sukashi fukabori