Japanese Wooden Loach Fish Scooping Figurine Statue Vtg Souvenir Folk Craft ST70 Tokoname Design: Calligraphy poetry

Design: Calligraphy poetry

The bamboo frame is painted black

This two-piece kashigata mold is carved with a family crest

Bell weight 288 grams

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Japanese Wooden Loach Fish Scooping Figurine Statue Vtg Souvenir Folk Craft ST70 Tokoname Design: Calligraphy poetryVtg Japanese Wooden Souvenir Figurine This is a small wooden figurine with two hand carved people wearing traditional clothes. One is posed with some sort of plate or fan, while the other is crouched and holding a winnowing basket with a small basket attached at the hip. This scene represents loach scooping, which is a fishing activity done by using a basket to fish for loach. The figures are glued to a small wooden board. Brown Wood C1970 Item