Japanese Antique Wooden Pharmacy Signboard Handwritten Kanban Taisho–Early Showa Samurai The metal crank mechanism adds

The metal crank mechanism adds an industrial element typical of Showa-period home goods

This is a traditional Japanese Eboshi hat

Height: 9 cm / approx

Please note that while it is a functional historical object

Type: Yama Chawan (Mountain Tea Bowl) kiln fragment

Japanese Antique Wooden Pharmacy Signboard Handwritten Kanban Taisho–Early Showa Samurai The metal crank mechanism addsJapanese Antique Wooden Pharmacy Signboard Handwritten Kanban TaishoEarly Showa WO450 Description: This is an authentic Japanese antique wooden pharmacy signboard (Kanban) from the Taisho to early Showa period (circa 1910s1930s). The sign features beautiful hand painted calligraphy on aged wood, reading Chiniku Toze Binseru, which advertised a nutritional or tonic medicine of the era. The phrase Chiniku Toze can be interpreted as a dose to build blood