Vintage Japanese Ranma PAIR Pagoda & Bridge Carved Transom Screen Sugi Wood 73" Glossy 1920-1970)

1920-1970)

37" x 40" x 16" (width x height x depth) (Top & bottom are each 19

Subject: Jizō Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha)

Guaranteed original Ukiyo-e (woodblock print) 1820's by the artist Eisen of the Yamada school

pigment and gilt losses

Vintage Japanese Ranma PAIR Pagoda & Bridge Carved Transom Screen Sugi Wood 73" Glossy 1920-1970)The 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 73" x 13. 5" x 1. 75" and weighs in at about 10lbs