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Pictured is 3 panels of what should be a 4 sliding panel door space on my newly acquired Japanese cabinet. Sadly I'm missing one panel. Can anyone tell me what theme or action this depicts? I'm also trying to find out what the sitting figure may have been holding. Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. Howard Dennis

Thanks Brian, Since it sounds like you have used it is there any danger of it sticking to the lacquer or staining it?

Brian, do you have a link or a name of the moldable plastic you mentioned? Thanks, Howard Dennis

Thanks for your response and suggestions. Since you have a lot more experience could I ask your opinion on the flowers on the carved wooden sukashi like panels? In going over all the carved wooden panels it appears I'm missing close to 60 flowers. When new would it seem likely that the tradesman who carved the panel would have glued these flowers on? I ask only because the 3 remaining flowers are of such a simple and poor quality than the ones on the Shibayama panels and that makes me wonder which statement is true? Either the remaining low quality flowers are a later replacement OR the flowers don't match because they were made by 2 different carvers at different times during the cabinet's production.

Just added this great Japanese Cabinet to our collection. It is almost 8 feet tall and 5 feet wide. As with almost all shibayama items found it is missing some inlay. Does anyone know if anyone sells carved inlay items that maybe used to restore this? It is missing flowers, birds and a childs head. Howard Dennis

I don't get the Western Anchor comment?? Looks like every WWII IJN emblem image I find on Google? Howard Dennis

Wife recently polished this and made it harder to photograph so I apologize in advance for my poor photos. Can anyone tell me what these symbols mean and what this vase was used for? And I will tell her to stop polishing this! Thanks in advance, Howard Dennis

Yes, it's made from thin iron so I too thought possibly an armourer made it. Also the wasp wings appear to be made of brass. Howard Dennis

No, I was surprised it wasn't signed. Howard Dennis

Wife has never liked this box but it has fascinated me ever since I first laid eyes on it. An elderly Japanese lady left it and a few other Japanese antiques to us. It looks like it may have a bit of age and it definitely took a great deal of skill to create. I love the butterfly hinges and the fish eye latch. It appears to have no visible seams. It measures 3x4x1.5 inches. What say you fellows? Howard Dennis

Could I Please get a translation of this Ojime bead signature? Thanks in advance , Howard Dennis

Thank You to all who took the time to help me with this. Howard Dennis

John, thanks for your response AND for educating me on AI, I had no idea about this feature. Here's what I found but don't fully understand: https://www.city.fukuchiyama.lg.jp/soshiki/7/1266.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com Howard Dennis

Waiting for an online yari purchase to arrive and tried Google AI response to see if I could research the mei there. Is there any way to prove or disprove this response? Howard Dennis

Had this koro for ages and never noticed the kanji on the label before. Can anyone translate what is left on the label? Thanks for any help. Howard Dennis