Yoshiyū・吉勇・ Pre War KamisoriA vintage Taisho (pre 2nd WW) period kamisori crafted by Yoshiy. With Rattan handle wrapping and lacquered it with several layers of Urushi. Includes a handcrafted Japanese paulownia box with engraving. The Kamisori comes shave ready.

It has awesome file marks (Yasurime) on the back

Shave ready

from the series Bravery Matched with the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyū mitate jūnishi) from around 1840

Shigeyoshi sandblasted the heads before selling his Kamisoris

On the lid it shows an ukiyo-e engraving of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi`s "Suffering from pain courtesan of the period" out of the series "32 feminine faces of everyday life" from 1888

Traditionally associated with ha-duya work and valued for producing a refined kasumi finish

The Kanji / Katakana on Kamisori read as: 藤助 ・Inoue ・the maker of this Kamisori

The wide opening gives ample room to build lather without needing a separate bowl

alias White Stripe in the Waves" from his series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes from the Chinese Tale

Overall length is 253 mm and the weight 49

Especially

Each Kamisori is new