Japanese c. 1920s-30s Building Blocks Set with Fabulous Color & Pattern surface decoration and though made of wood

and though made of wood one really wants to snuggle him

with a fantastic dry wood patina

This is my favorite trade card I've found

or the carved decoration and diamond and spade shaped keyholes on the back of the chairs

and once one has done so

Japanese c. 1920s-30s Building Blocks Set with Fabulous Color & Pattern surface decoration and though made of woodAnother fun set of blocks, this set not quite complete (I believe it is mostly some pieces that would have served as doors that are missing), but still in the original slide top box, and I love the dark brown on bright white window patterns and those green dots on yellow, and the pink arches so much I could not resist. And there's a whole second layer of bare wood blocks in the box as well (original to the set), a few of which were written on in