Japanese c. 1920s-30s Building Blocks Set with Fabulous Color & Pattern surface decoration which to me aligns it

which to me aligns it with the chip-carved patterns of tramp art frames and boxes

This is my favorite trade card I've found

and though made of wood one really wants to snuggle him

With a Canadian Eskimo Art sticker on the bottom attesting to the authenticity of the piece as Inuit

Japanese c. 1920s-30s Building Blocks Set with Fabulous Color & Pattern surface decoration which to me aligns itAnother 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