Japanese Harubinmaru Ship Manchuria China Group Photograph Vtg Sepia Tone PH226 apron Title: Seichu Gishiden

Title: Seichu Gishiden

This is a vintage Japanese tool chest

a tea bowl (Chawan):  12

The tapered part of the rim is to grip like a handle for easy lifting and maneuvering at the dining table

this katagami stencil with silk mesh backing features an abstract line pattern resembling tiger stripes

Japanese Harubinmaru Ship Manchuria China Group Photograph Vtg Sepia Tone PH226 apron Title: Seichu GishidenVintage Manchuria Japanese Group Photograph This is a vintage sepia tone photograph of a group of Japanese officials posing on the deck of the Harubinmaru, a passenger ship commissioned during the Taisho Era and used as an Army Hospital Ship during the Manchurian occupation. During the 1930s, Japan urged citizens to migrate to and revitalize rural areas of occupied Manchuria. This of course dissolved after the end of WWII. Sepia tone photograph Paper