Iwao Akiyama Original Woodblock Print Santoka Haiku 1974 Signed 158/200 Japanese Tansu/Chest This is a Japanese antique

This is a Japanese antique wooden tansu-style box from the Meiji period (1868–1912)

with its clean lines and solid presence

beautiful Kintsugi (金継ぎ)—a traditional Japanese lacquer and gold-dust repair

a Zen meditation room

interspersed with white mineral veins (likely Quartz)

Iwao Akiyama Original Woodblock Print Santoka Haiku 1974 Signed 158/200 Japanese Tansu/Chest This is a Japanese antiqueIwao Akiyama Original Woodblock Print Santoka Haiku "My Back in the Drizzle" 1974 Signed 158 200 This is a profound and highly collectible original woodblock print (Mokuhanga) by the renowned Japanese master Iwao Akiyama (19212014). Akiyama, a celebrated student of the legendary Shiko Munakata, is world famous for his stark black and white style and his evocative illustrations of the free verse haiku by the wandering Zen priest Santoka Taneda. The