Vintage Japanese Ranma Crane of Happiness & Pines Carved Transom Sugi Wood 68" Music painted on a gold-tone wooden

painted on a gold-tone wooden ground

This tansu is made with pegged-tenon open-mortise corner box joint construction

This one is 11" tall and hand painted in a traditional motif

1596-1868) tsuba (handguard) for a Katana or Wakazashi

Each hashioki measures 1" at its widest point by 2 1/2" tall (2

Vintage Japanese Ranma Crane of Happiness & Pines Carved Transom Sugi Wood 68" Music painted on a gold-tone woodenThe Japanese Ranma is a decorative and functional carving used above a door way to allow airflow and light to pass though. They are exquisitely hand carved from sugi Japanese cedar. A typical ranma may be from 1 2" thick to 1 1 2" thick. These two are unusual in that the single pieces of wood carving extends beyond the boundaries of the edges in all directions in amazing detail. It is approximately 68" x 13. 5" x 1. 5" and weighs in at about 10lbs