A GILT AND BLACK LACQUERED SHOP SIGN AND MEDICINAL ADVERTISMENT

TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

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A GILT AND BLACK LACQUERED SHOP SIGN AND MEDICINAL ADVERTISMENT
Taisho Period, 20th Century
Of rectangular form, carved in low relief on the gold ground with a figure holding his attribute and characters, translated 'Ono Satoji, Yakuzaishi, Toku Yakuten', or 'Pharmacist, Specialty Medicine shop'; the other with characters and Mt. Fuiji carved on a black ground, translated 'Ansoku san' and 'Kinshomaru', medicines for curing lung disease, both framed
The first 14½ x 50¼ in. (37 x 127.6 cm.) (2)

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