Japanese Wooden Loach Fish Scooping Figurine Statue Vtg Souvenir Folk Craft ST70 daily life 46 cm long x 20

46 cm long x 20

likely for cleaning or adjustments

Title: Gate of New Imperial Palace

Coated with a lustrous black lacquer

Japanese Wooden Loach Fish Scooping Figurine Statue Vtg Souvenir Folk Craft ST70 daily life 46 cm long x 20Vtg 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