Japanese Antique Wooden Pharmacy Signboard Handwritten Kanban Taisho–Early Showa Samurai The vase is finished with

The vase is finished with a silver rim stamped “純銀” and comes with its original wooden box

This is an original Japanese woodblock print titled “Aoi Yama (Blue Mountain)” by Iwao Akiyama (秋山巌

It is a remarkable piece of Japanese industrial history

it is made of Japanese cedar over 50 years ago and has a wonderful aged character that complements the piece

and scratches due to age

Japanese Antique Wooden Pharmacy Signboard Handwritten Kanban Taisho–Early Showa Samurai The vase is finished withJapanese Antique Wooden Pharmacy Signboard Handwritten Kanban TaishoEarly Showa WO450 Description: This is an authentic Japanese antique wooden pharmacy signboard (Kanban) from the Taisho to early Showa period (circa 1910s1930s). The sign features beautiful hand painted calligraphy on aged wood, reading Chiniku Toze Binseru, which advertised a nutritional or tonic medicine of the era. The phrase Chiniku Toze can be interpreted as a dose to build blood