Antique C1880 Japanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print Sankunishinouchi FL241 silk Item weight: 1600 grams

Item weight:  1600 grams

Used for Ikebana arrangement in kado

For display or room decoration

5 cm long x  37

Kanji on lid: Deep red steel (tetsu kosai)

Antique C1880 Japanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print Sankunishinouchi FL241 silk Item weight: 1600 gramsAntique Japanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print This is a Japanese woodblock print Ukiyoe by Ikuhide Kobayashi. The title Kanji character says Sankunishinouchi (). This picture depicts the three heroes of the famous Japanese historical novel; Sangokushi. Ukiyoe is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors and sumo