Japanese Menuki Pair Ferry Boat & Plovers Samurai Katana Sword Ornament LS#009 Futondansu painted detail

painted detail

darker oxidation

Footmark: Artist’s impressed lotus flower seal with stylized characters

Guardian of the North

This is an over 100 year old antique Japanese suzuribako from the Meiji Era (c

Japanese Menuki Pair Ferry Boat & Plovers Samurai Katana Sword Ornament LS#009 Futondansu painted detailThis elegant menuki pair presents a vivid seascape narrative. One menuki captures a small ferry boat, carefully poled by a lone ferryman, his form detailed with a conical straw hat and golden robes. The boat rests upon delicately carved waves, suggesting the steady rhythm of crossing a river or lake. The companion menuki balances this grounded scene with energy and lightness: a flock of plovers takes flight, their golden wings open wide against a