Yoshida Ranma: A Patented Original Form of Ancient Art in Paper

Yoshida Ranma Gallery

The address of the Yoshida family and their business.

Hakusan Yamanaka-cho, Enuma-gun,
Ishikawa-ken, 922-01 Japan
Tel/Fax: 81 (7617)8-0940 (Japanese only, please)
Tel/Fax: 81 (776) 64-3118 (English or Japanese)
E-mail The Gallery Manager for details. (English or Japanese welcome)

To view the following objects in a larger size, please click on the photo.
To save the image to your hard drive, right click.

If, after looking at these amazing works of art, there is something that you might like to purchase, please please contact the gallery managers by writing to info @ japanippon (dot) com for details. Everything is hand made and cannot be duplicated exactly as seen. Many other designs can be custom made if details are presented. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you would like to see exactly how these objects of are are created, please visit the Yoshida Ranma Workshop. The dragon okimono that you will watch the artist create, step by step, was commissioned by a gentleman in the US in late 1998.

Ranma
Ranma 1	Ranma 2	In a traditional Japanese home there are tatami rooms. The walls between these rooms are usually made of a sliding wood and paper door known as "shoji". Above the shoji, is a space of about 30cm that is open and allows air to pass from room to room. It is in this space that the decorative ranma sit. As well as being decorative they have the function of allowing light and air to pass through the rooms, even when the doors are closed.
Ranma 3	Ranma 4
Ranma 5	Ranma 6
Ranma 7	Ranma 8
Sho Chiku Bai Ranma	Matsu Tsuru Ranma

Ranma

Ranma 1

Ranma 2

This says the same thing as the English. You aren't missing anything.

In a traditional Japanese home there are tatami rooms. The walls between these rooms are usually made of a sliding wood and paper door known as "shoji". Above the shoji, is a space of about 30cm that is open and allows air to pass from room to room. It is in this space that the decorative ranma sit. As well as being decorative they have the function of allowing light and air to pass through the rooms, even when the doors are closed.

Ranma 3

Ranma 4

Ranma 5

Ranma 6

Ranma 7

Ranma 8

Sho Chiku Bai Ranma

Matsu Tsuru Ranma

Detailed View
Ranma Close 1	Ranma Close 2	Clicking on any of these four pictures will give you a slightly more detailed view of the intricate artwork that is involved in creating ranma.
Ranma Close 3	Ranma Close 4

Detailed View

Ranma Close 1

Ranma Close 2

Clicking on any of these four pictures will give you a slightly more detailed view of the intricate artwork that is involved in creating ranma.

Ranma Close 3

Ranma Close 4

Gaku
Couple Gaku	Tora Gaku	The gaku is basically a frame that is made for Japanese paper and lacquer. It can be used to put a picture in or it itself can become the picture. It is hung on wals and used for decoration.
Tsuru Gaku	Tsuru Gaku 2
Tsuru Gaku 3	Gaku 4

Gaku

Couple Gaku

Tora Gaku

Again, same as the English.

The gaku is basically a frame that is made for Japanese paper and lacquer. It can be used to put a picture in or it itself can become the picture. It is hung on wals and used for decoration.

Tsuru Gaku

Tsuru Gaku 2

Tsuru Gaku 3

Gaku 4

Okimono
Okimono 1	Tora Okimono	Ryu Okimono	Ryu ni Ki Okimono	Ryu 3 Okimono	Made from a base of wood, wire, paper and lacquerware these decorative pieces can often be seen in the entryway or the "tokonoma" (special alcove in a Japanese home) as decorative pieces.
Washi Okimono	Washi Okimono 2	Tsuru Okimono	Sagi Okimono	Ryu 4 Okimono

Okimono

Okimono 1

Tora Okimono

Ryu Okimono

Ryu ni Ki Okimono

Ryu 3 Okimono

You guessed it; it's the same.

Made from a base of wood, wire, paper and lacquerware these decorative pieces can often be seen in the entryway or the "tokonoma" (special alcove in a Japanese home) as decorative pieces.

Washi Okimono

Washi Okimono 2

Tsuru Okimono

Sagi Okimono

Ryu 4 Okimono

Tsuitate
Washi Tsuitate	Tora Tsuitate	Most well-to-do houses have these dividers sitting at the foyer to create a "barrier" space and section off a part of the house. Tsuitate were also used for wind breaks in homes in the past.
Washi Tsuitate 2	Tora Tsuitate 2

Tsuitate

Washi Tsuitate

Tora Tsuitate

What do you think this means?

Most well-to-do houses have these dividers sitting at the foyer to create a "barrier" space and section off a part of the house. Tsuitate were also used for wind breaks in homes in the past.

Washi Tsuitate 2

Tora Tsuitate 2

Mado Ranma
Mado Ranma	Mado Ranma 2	The Mado Ranma is a piece of art created using the standard ranma materials of wood, wire, and lacquerware. It is designed especially to be placed in a window as a decorative piece.

Mado Ranma

Mado Ranma 2

The Mado Ranma is a piece of art created using the standard ranma materials of wood, wire, and lacquerware. It is designed especially to be placed in a window as a decorative piece.

Yoshida Ranma Gallery

Hakusan Yamanaka-cho, Enuma-gun, Ishikawa-ken, 922-01 Japan Tel/Fax: 81 (7617)8-0940 (Japanese only, please) Tel/Fax: 81 (776) 64-3118 (English or Japanese) E-mail The Gallery Manager for details. (English or Japanese welcome)

To view the following objects in a larger size, please click on the photo. To save the image to your hard drive, right click.