{"product_id":"japanese-inami-chokoku-sugi-wood-ranma-transom-carved-pine-tree-signed-koho-taisho-showa-72l","title":"Japanese Inami Chokoku Sugi Wood Ranma Transom Carved Pine Tree Signed Kohō Taisho Showa 72\"L","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJapanese Inami Chokoku Sugi Wood Ranma Transom Carved Pine Tree Signed Koho Taisho Showa 72\"L\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eJapan, Inami, Toyama Prefecture | Taisho to early Showa Period, c. 1920s–1930s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA magnificent openwork ranma (欄間) architectural transom panel from the Inami woodcarving tradition of Toyama Prefecture — Japan's most celebrated center of decorative woodcarving, where skilled artisans use over two hundred different chisels and knives to execute the sukashi-fukabori openwork technique that defines the tradition at its finest. This exceptionally large panel, spanning six feet in length, is carved entirely in sugi (Japanese cedar) with a sweeping composition of aged matsu (pine) — gnarled and twisted trunk, dense needle clusters, and pendant pine cones rendered with meticulous naturalism across the full width of the panel. The composition reads as a continuous landscape, the pine branches arching and reaching from left to right in the manner of classical Japanese screen painting translated into three dimensions, with remarkable depth achieved through layered undercutting of the sugi ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eRanma transoms grace the space between rooms in traditional Japanese houses and temples, admitting light and air while providing a surface for the finest decorative carving a patron could commission. The pine — matsu (松) — is among the most auspicious subjects in the Japanese decorative vocabulary, carrying associations of longevity, steadfastness, and endurance through hardship. A ranma of this scale and ambition, signed by a named Inami craftsman, would have been commissioned for a substantial private residence or high-quality institutional interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSigned in the lower right: \u003cstrong\u003e幸峰　作\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eKohō saku\u003c\/em\u003e — \"made by Kohō\" — with a red square personal seal below. The frame is constructed in straight-grained sugi with shaped corner reliefs in the classical ranma manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-pre-wrap leading-[1.7]\"\u003eDimensions: 72\"L × 15\"H × 3.5\" deep (183 × 38 × 9 cm) Condition: Good, consistent with age. The sugi surface has developed an even warm patina. Multiple small losses and breaks at needle tips throughout the openwork carving — inherent to the fragility of the medium and largely undetectable at normal viewing distance. No major structural losses noted. Examine photos carefully.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shogun's Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51775708823869,"sku":null,"price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/2348\/3709\/files\/10AD5057-E69F-4B90-8D74-EC55474196CF_1_201_a.heic?v=1780239208","url":"https:\/\/shogunsgallery.com\/products\/japanese-inami-chokoku-sugi-wood-ranma-transom-carved-pine-tree-signed-koho-taisho-showa-72l","provider":"Shogun's Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}