Vintage Japanese Ikebana Kenzan Spiky Flower Frog Flower Arranging 2.5 X 3" Plate 5" wide with the handles

5" wide with the handles

1936 by the great Japanese artist  Shotei Takahashi (1871 to 1945)

The Ainu people traditionally carved these Kubori Kuma for religious purposes revering the Bear as a dirty

This is a traditional Japanese wishing doll known as a Daruma doll

This tsuba is made with typical forged steel and is in the shape of a mokogata and has alternating front and back facing moths 6 total with openwork in-between

Vintage Japanese Ikebana Kenzan Spiky Flower Frog Flower Arranging 2.5 X 3" Plate 5" wide with the handlesSometimes called the spiky frog in English, the kenzan is an indispensable tool in ikebana.Kenzan in Japanese literally means sword mountain. These weighted pin beds are used to stand flowers at the correct height and angle when arranging flowers in a vase they are hevy and stay at the bottom of a water filled vase. This one weighs 1. 15lbs and is 3 1 2" by 2 1 2 inches ( 9 x 6. 5 cm)