Antique Japanese Wig Shop Kanban Katsuraya Topknot Carved Lacquer Meiji 18"H Funadansu black ground with pheasant and

black ground with pheasant and peony in polychrome enamel

5" in diameter by 3

dia (28 × 23 cm)

Just as the water buffalo plows through fields

intricate carvings

Antique Japanese Wig Shop Kanban Katsuraya Topknot Carved Lacquer Meiji 18"H Funadansu black ground with pheasant andJapanese figural kanban () carved and lacquered wood signboard in the form of a man's head with chonmage topknot, for a katsuraya () wig and hairpiece shop Antique Japanese Meiji Era, late 19thearly 20th century Among the most inventive forms of Japanese commercial signage, the figural kanban made the product itself the advertisement. Here the silhouette of a man's head in profile carved and lacquered wood with a chonmage () topknot rendered in silver