Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral Betel boxes were used for

Betel boxes were used for holding betel leaves and other ingredients associated with the consumption of betelnut

and elephants can still be seen amongst the original carving making this beautiful piece a truly unique and impressive addition to your home

Arahat or Arahant

glazed door

Dimensions: W26 x D7 x H32 cm

Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Oban By Kuniyoshi Material - Red Coral Betel boxes were used forThis old Japanese woodblock print is by woodblock print artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi and is the third part of a triptych entitled 'General Watnai hunting the Tigers in Formosa' (Watnai gunko tshu no zu) which depicts Kat Kiyomasa (Watnai) and his men chasing tigers off a cliff. The original publisher was Yamaguchi ya Tbei in 1855, Edo period. The heavy use of blue shows how popular Prussian Blue (ferric ferrocyanide) had become after it became readily