With the downfall of the samurai, for instance, swords as works of art went out of existence. Then those artists had to turn their attention to the embellishment of little articles in common use, such as the sagemono or the hanging things which the Japanese men carried attached to their obis (the tight sashes that hold the kimono in place). The latter consisted of a pipe in a case, a tobacco pouch, perhaps a box of flint and steel, an inro carrying seals or medicines, or a pen case with a section for the ink.

A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket. Now he was muttering grumpily at Edmund, Have to get something better this trip, Edmund. Got to pull up somehow or buyers will be turnin' us down. Sales been gettin' worse and worse these last years.

The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.

Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.