Original Japanese Woodblock Print Wada Sanzo "Flag Merchant" 1940 Showa Series LS#096 Scroll This 3 panel kakebuton (quilt

This 3 panel kakebuton (quilt cover) showcases large Japanese kanji characters (central hotel) all rendered in beautiful indigo hues

This tsuba shows considerable wear from regular use

Jurōjin (寿老人) is one of the Seven Gods of good Fortune or Shichifukujin

Finely detailed facial expression and clothing

This is a Shakuhachi 尺八 flute made of a Single Stalk of Bamboo

Original Japanese Woodblock Print Wada Sanzo "Flag Merchant" 1940 Showa Series LS#096 Scroll This 3 panel kakebuton (quiltSanzo Wada (18831967)Sketches of Occupations in the Showa Era(, Shwa Shokugy E zukushi) Wada Sanz (Shwa Shokugy E zukushi: Hataya) 1940 One of the most historically charged subjects in Wada Sanz's landmark series documenting the occupations of Showa era Japan, the Hataya flag merchant captures the interior of a wartime flag shop at the height of Japan's military mobilization. Two workers occupy the raised shop floor: one bent low, brush in hand,