An Early And Monumental Wooden Double Sided Kanban Shop Signboard Of The Odagiri Pharmaceutical

by Kanban Pharmaceutical Store Signboard

$6,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

Wooden board with thick frame 1360 x 650 x 70 mm. , orig. metalwork pieces on sides & corners, with orig. metal fittings on top to facilitate hanging perpendicularly outside the shop. Both sides carved with characters of the same text, one side artfully carved in sosho tai a calligraphic cursive script , the other side finely carved in gyosho tai a semi-cursive script , with furigana reading marks. Characters painted with black pigment & highlighted in gold

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