Antique Japanese Meiji Era (1868-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance 10lbs Weight 5.5" Chadansu rendered in fluid

rendered in fluid

made of solid Kiri (pallowina) wood

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

This is a ceramic Imari blue and white hibachi

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (1868-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance 10lbs Weight 5.5" Chadansu rendered in fluidThis is an antique Japanese balance scale (hakari) weight dating to the late Edo Era (c1800 1860). 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. Stamped in copper alloy inlay is the official indication that this is a precise measure "" Markings "" (Shimotsuke pre Meiji Province now known as Tochigi ken) and The Manji (Buddha's Footprint In Buddhist