Antique Japanese Meiji Era (1868-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance Scale Weight 1lb Plane Japanese Bronze Hibachi

Japanese Bronze Hibachi

The Ainu people traditionally carved these Kubori Kuma for religious purposes revering the Bear as a deity

a Japanese storage box adorned with the beauty of black lacquer and hand-painted circles featuring intricate designs of chrysanthemums

It is from a very high resolution scan taken of the original Chikayoshi print in our collection n with a state of the art flat bed scanner

This tsuba shows some wear from use

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (1868-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance Scale Weight 1lb Plane Japanese Bronze HibachiThis is an antique Japanese balance scale (hakari) weight dating to the Meiji Era (1868 1912). It has Japanese writing on one side and a shop logo on the other. It is bell shaped with a lanyard ring at the top to adjust up and down a pole scale. Seen in the last picture is a bar or pole scale (not included) similar to the one which would have originally been used a similar weight. Stamped in copper inlay is the official indication that this is a