Original Japanese Woodblock Print Wada Sanzo "Flag Merchant" 1940 Showa Series LS#096 Scroll Jurōjin (寿老人) is one of

Jurōjin (寿老人) is one of the Seven Gods of good Fortune or Shichifukujin

Arai Yoshimune II

and a vivid profile portrait of a human head with anatomical stylization

This tsuba shows considerable wear from regular use

5"HLower section height: 41

Original Japanese Woodblock Print Wada Sanzo "Flag Merchant" 1940 Showa Series LS#096 Scroll Jurōjin (寿老人) is one ofSanzo Wada (18831967)Sketches of Occupations in the Showa Era(, Shwa Shokugy E zukushi) Wada Sanz (Shwa Shokugy E zukushi: Hataya) 1940 One of the most historically charged subjects in Wada Sanz's landmark series documenting the occupations of Showa era Japan, the Hataya flag merchant captures the interior of a wartime flag shop at the height of Japan's military mobilization. Two workers occupy the raised shop floor: one bent low, brush in hand,