Vintage Japanese Ranma Crane of Happiness & Pines Carved Transom Sugi Wood 68" Maki-e Antique Japanese Meiji or Taisho

Antique Japanese Meiji or Taisho era c1910's Yoshida screens offered as a pair

” a fierce and protective deity from esoteric Japanese Buddhism

This particular lacquer is beige and decorated with fishing nets drying out on sticks

Having been rolled up and stored for many decades the original

Vintage Japanese Ranma Crane of Happiness & Pines Carved Transom Sugi Wood 68" Maki-e Antique Japanese Meiji or TaishoThe 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 68" x 13. 5" x 1. 5" and weighs in at about 10lbs