Japanese Shop Sign

Vintage pharmacy two sided shop kanban - sign, with company logo

A pair of lacquered wood Japanese kanban (shop sign) for a candle store. Each kanban of an hourglass candle form with projecting paper wick emerging from the top.

Rare antique Japanese shop sign, kanban, in the shape of a tea pot.

Japan, a beautifully handmade, hand-carved, and hand lacquered antique shop sign -kanban- for a ladies calligraphy brush shop, measures: 36 inches high and 5 inches wide, Meiji perio...

Japan, a large and beautifully handmade, hand-carved, and hand painted antique shop sign -kanban- for a sake shop, measures: 53 inches high and 10.5 inches wide, Meiji period (1868-1...

Japan, a superb handmade, hand-carved, and hand lacquered antique shop sign -kanban- for a ladies tea shop, measure: 34 inches high and 20 inches wide, Meiji period (1868-1912).

This is a carved wooden fish, made in Japan around the beginning of the 1900s, and we believe it dates from somewhere between the Taisho era and the middle of the Showa era. We susp...

Late Meiji Sake shop sign "Kanban", Kankou Brand Relief Keg Image, Japan Sake is considered Japan's national alcoholic drink and thus breweries abound.

Japan, a superb handmade, hand-carved, and hand lacquered antique shop sign -kanban- for a ladies tea shop, measure: 27 inches high and 24 inches wide, Meiji period (1868-1912).

Offered is a 19th century Japanese Meiji hand carved gilt and painted trade sign for sake shop.

Japan, a superb handmade. Hand-carved, and hand gilded antique red painted and lacquered shop sign -kanban- in the form of a Koi fish, measure: 14” high and 23” long, Meiji period (1...

Large sculpture of prayer beads used as a shop sign. Can be displayed flat or hung on a wall.

Japanese shop sign "Kanban" for Footwear, double-sided, Keyaki wood, Late Meiji.

A Japanese antique shop sign from the 19th century, with hand-painted décor presenting a woman's profile and calligraphy.

Japan, a beautifully handmade and hand carved black lacquer colored antique shop sign -kanban- for a Japanese currency exchange shop.

Japan, a rare Cat "Maneki Neko" antique shop sign kanban -a beautifully handmade, hand carved, and hand painted in red, white, black, and green colors for a welcoming shop entrance.

A hand-carved and painted double-sided Japanese wood trade sign. Solid wood panel with carved and gilt lettering with hand-forged iron mounts at the top.

Japan, a superb handmade. Hand-carved, and hand gilded antique painted and lacquered shop sign -kanban- foer a ladies kimono dress shop, measure: 33.5 inches high and 8.5 inches wide...

Japan, a superb handmade, hand-carved, and hand lacquered antique shop sign -kanban- for a ladies hair ornaments & jewelry shop, measure: 18 inches high and 13 inches wide, Meiji per...

Japan, a superb handmade, hand-carved, and hand lacquered antique shop sign -kanban- for a ladies umbrella shop, measures: 29.5 inches high and 5 inches wide, Meiji period (1868-1912...

Japan, a beautifully handmade, hand-carved, and hand lacquered antique shop sign -kanban- for a men's pipe -kiseru- shop, measures: 26 inches high and 8 inches wide, Meiji period (18...

Japan, a large and beautifully handmade, hand-carved, and hand lacquered antique shop sign -kanban- for a samurai equipment shop, measures: 37 inches high and 14 inches wide, Meiji p...

A beautifully composed and graphically gorgeous woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most impor...

Large handmade shop sign probably for a Soy Sauce and vinegar store. Nice matt wood has great patina and character. Carved letters and painted. Great above a fireplace

A large Japanese shop sign, kanban, for a soy sauce (shoyu) brewery.

This is a rare and wonderful Japanese calligraphy brush about 5 feet tall. Oversized items like these were used to identify what a shop sold. We think this is from the Taisho era, ...

An important and extremely large Japanese kanban or shop sign, of carved wood with a design in black and gold lacquer of a carp leaping up a waterfall, the eye inlaid in glass.

Wooden Sign for a Turn of the Century Kimino Shop, Gilt Metal High Relief Lettering

Wooden Soba Noodle Shop sign, Gilt Metal Portrait and script, original fastenings

Kanban, shop sign. Carved wood, wholesaler. Advertising paper products in gold kanji, with red trademark seal.

1950 Japanese cedar wood tea shop kanban (shop sign) in hte shape of a tea jar.

A large Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) kanban. A carved wooden ship sign for a pharmacy. With hanging hardware on back.

Japanese shokei kanban (shop sign) of keyaki (zelkova) wood, finely carved and decorated with black lacquer and gold leaf.

Unusually large Japanese bronze pricket candle stand (shokudai). Probably created as a kanban (shop sign) for the window of a candle store.

Japanese carved and gilt wood kanban, or shop sign, advertising a brand of sake.

An unusual Japanese kanban (shop sign) from a tobacco accessory shop or inro maker.

Antique wooden shop sign for business making family seals ( "mons"). Dimensions: 13.5"W x 47.25"L x 1" deep. Back and front the same.

Japanese kanban (shop sign) from a sweet/confection shop.

A large scale antique Japanese Kanban (shop sign) with the face of Daruma, who signifies good luck and protection.

An antique Japanese shop sign, advertising for a pharmacy.

Antique Japanese kanban (shop sign) from an optometrist's office in Kyoto.

A lacquered wood box with lid from Japan circa 19th century Meiji Period. The finely decorated box was used to store paper slips and small documents on the desk. It is overall finish...

Suzuribako, or writing box, of rectangular shape, decorated with an imposing architecture realized in hira maki-e lacquer, probably a palatial structure, situated beside a waterfall...

A Japanese carved and painted wooden sign with a Samurai from the Meiji Period, 19th century. This 19th century sign with a samurai was made in wood and painted in Japan during the M...

A four-case lacquered Japanese inro by Yutokusai (Gyokkei), a lacquer artist active from 1845-1900 (end of Edo to Meiji period). The slightly round inro features a very intricate des...

This Meiji-period lacquer tray represents the mastery of Japanese craftsmen in the art of lacquer work. Precious materials are precisely inlaid in the lacquer base, creating a highly...

A Japanese sumi ink calligraphy Buddhist mandala mounted as a paper hanging scroll known as Kakejiku or sometimes Moji mandala. Termed as gohonzon in Japanese, it is a venerated obje...

Rectangular kobako box in takamaki-e and kirigane gold lacquer circled with pewter depicting a lake landscape. Inside and back of the box in nashi-ji lacquer. Japan – Edo period (16...

A large and magnificently decorated Japanese lacquer document box, ryoshibako, signed Umeboshi/Baikyo, late Edo or early Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan. The large document bo...