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Japan: Traditional crafts and trades of the 18th century from a hand-painted album by an anonymous artist. Folio 27: Artisan repairing saya or scabbards

Japan: Traditional crafts and trades of the 18th century from a hand-painted album by an anonymous artist. Folio 27: Artisan repairing <i>saya</i> or scabbards

Hand-coloured illustration from a Japanese miscellany on traditional trades, crafts and customs in mid-18th century Japan, dated Meiwa Era (1764-1772) Year 6 (c. 1770 CE).

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