Original Wada Sanzo c.1939 Woodblock Print Blacksmith Kaji Swordsmith Showa #13 18"W LS#012 Tsukue A porcelain plaque with Japanese

A porcelain plaque with Japanese characters is affixed to the back

Usually taken from the rafters of old houses

yet well loved

This is a vintage Chinese hand carved boxwood inkan

Original Wada Sanzo c.1939 Woodblock Print Blacksmith Kaji Swordsmith Showa #13 18"W LS#012 Tsukue A porcelain plaque with JapaneseWada 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