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Japanese Priest Carving

Japanese Old Stone "Elderly Priest" / Sculpture Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
, powerful, and unique carefully selected antiquities from Japan. These stones were collected in Shizuoka
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese Kamakura/Muromachi Period Cedarwood Buddhist Priest, 12th-15th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Seated Buddhist priest Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) or Muromachi period (1333-1573
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Cedar

Japanese Wood figure of Jizo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Wood figure of Jizo, Edo period, circa 1800. Japanese mingei-style wood figural carving of
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Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Wood figure of Jizo
Japanese Wood figure of Jizo
H 14.38 in W 3.5 in D 3.25 in
Japanese antique wooden Buddha statue/Folk Buddha/Edo period/1603-1868
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese Buddhist statue made around the Edo period. The material is believed to be
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Cypress

Japanese Temple Buddhist Monk Samurai Juzu Prayer Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly magnificent and special work - this beautiful and exceptionally long string of Japanese
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Abbott Pattison Designed & Sculpted Italian Modern Marble & Glass Coffee Table
By Abbott Pattison
Located in Palm Springs, CA
China and Japan for six months. While in China, he lived in a mountain village 150 miles from Peking
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Vintage 1960s American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

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Japanese Old Appreciation Stone/Scholars Stone/Mountain Landscape Figurine
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I would like to introduce some wonderful stones mined in Japan. This is probably a stone produced in Shizuoka Prefecture or Wakayama Prefecture. It is believed that the quarrying a...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Scholar's Objects

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Japanese antique stone Buddha "Fudo Myoo"/1700-1800/Edo period/Garden ornament
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese stone Buddha made in the late Edo period. This stone Buddha is a Buddha statue called Fudo Myoo. Fudo Myoo is a Buddhist statue that has been popular in Japan...
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Japanese antique wooden small Buddha statue / Edo period / 17th to 18th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden Buddha statue made during the Edo period in Japan. The material is cypress wood. After that, it is painted white, then covered with black lacquer, and then painted o...
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Cypress

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Located in Soquel, CA
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Japanese antique wall-hanging wooden Buddha statue/Edo period/1603-1868/Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden Buddha statue made around the Edo period in Japan. Although it is a small Buddha statue, it has a strong presence and is beautiful. Originally, there was a wooden pe...
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Cypress

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Located in Austin, TX
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Located in Berlin, Berlin
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Studio City, CA
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13th-16th Century Japanese Old Wood Carving Armed God / Buddha Statue
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Edo Period Old Japanese Wood Carving Buddha/Jizo Bodhisattva, 18th-19th Century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Japanese Antique Stone Buddha 1700s / Jizo Bodhisattva / Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a stone Buddha statue of the Edo period (1700s) in Japan made of andesite. This is the Jizo
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Japanese Antique Folk Tanuki Handmade Hand-Carved One-of-Kind, Miwa
Located in South Burlington, VT
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Japanese Stone Buddha Statue 'Nyorai' 1700-1800 Middle-Late Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Other

Edo Period Japanese Old Wooden Buddha Statue 'Ebisu' and Box 'Masu'
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Studio City, CA
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Japanese antique stone Buddha/Jizo Bodhisattva/Edo period/1750-1868
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stone Buddha made around the latter half of the Edo period in Japan. The deity is Jizo
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Wooden Buddha Statue from the Edo Period / Japanese Antique Figurine
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
world with an infinite merciful heart. The characteristic of the figure is that it looks like a priest
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Cypress

1750-1850 Japanese Old Stone Buddha /Bodhisattva/ Garden Figurine/Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
benevolent heart. The characteristic of the figure is that it looks like a priest. Jizo has no hair on his
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Other

Antique Stone Buddha Statue in the Edo Period in Japan / Jizo Bodhisattva
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a stone Buddha statue from 1750 to 1850 in the latter half of the Edo period in Japan. It is
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Other

Japanese Antique Stone Buddha 1800-1926 / Small Jizo Bodhisattva/Edo-Meiji Era
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
priest. Jizo has no hair on his head and wears kesa (long robe). I think this was made from the late
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Stone

Japanese stone Buddha made in the Edo period/1750-1850/Garden stones/Wabi-Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Painted Wooden Sculpture of a Munk, 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A painted and gilt wooden sculpture of a kneeling priest or monk. He wears a pigs mask on his head
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Wood

Painted Wooden Sculpture of a Munk, 19th C
Painted Wooden Sculpture of a Munk, 19th C
H 9.06 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in
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Asian sculptors have worked in materials including wood, bronze and jade. Artists and artisans have used traditional techniques to depict deities, scenes from culture and more, and today, antique Asian sculptures and carvings are a popular choice for provocative and sophisticated home decor.

In China, the Qing dynasty, from the mid-17th century to the early 20th century, brought about significant changes in art while preserving traditional culture. Many emperors during this period were patrons of the arts, such as painting, calligraphy and decorative arts. This era saw the building of new Buddhist temples, which were decorated with statues. Some of these sculptures were adorned with colorful cloisonné decoration, in which tiny compartments, or cloisons, made by soldering copper filaments to a metal surface were filled with vibrantly hued enamel.

From the 17th to mid-19th century in Japan, kimonos were worn across classes and often fastened with a netsuke, a type of small carved toggle. Artists carved these from ivory, wood, shells and coral, creating animals, flowers and mythical creatures. During the Japanese Meiji period, spanning from 1868–1912, the country began trading internationally after centuries of isolation, allowing artists to sell their work overseas. Bronze sculpture flourished around this time for creating teapots, vases and incense burners.

Asian sculpture continued to evolve in the 20th century. During the Japanese Shōwa era, from 1926–89, art was influenced by international modernist movements like abstraction, Futurism and Surrealism. Contemporary Asian sculptures and carvings continue to combine global influences and a rich heritage of technique.

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Questions About Japanese Priest Carving
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Japanese wood carving is an art form in which artists produce intricate figurines and other objects by cutting and shaping blocks of zelkova, camphor or paulownia wood. In Japanese, the artwork is known as inami. Find a selection of Japanese wood carvings on 1stDibs.