Japanese Antique Wood Carving Elephant 1860s-1920s / Wabi Sabi Sculpture Object

This is an old Japanese large wooden Daruma. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s). It is made from a large cedar tree. It is rustic and beautiful, with traces of hand-carving...

This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a monkey. It is a wood carving from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). It appears to be carved from cedar wood. "Monkey holding a peach" Pea...

This is a very old Japanese chicken figurine. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). The body is made of paper, the beak of wood, and the legs ...

This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a god. It is called "Tenjin. Tenjin" is a general term for "a god who lives in heaven. This wood carving dates from the Edo period (1...

This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a fish. It is a wood carving from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). It is carved from cedar wood. This wood carving is attached to a free h...

This is a very old Japanese wooden Buddha. It is a wood carving from the Edo period (1700s-1800s). It appears to be carved out of cedar wood. It is indescribably beautiful with dust...

An extremely well detailed wood carving of Ebisu, as a fisherman. Beautiful and well detailed sculpture, created in Japan during the Meiji dynastic period (1868-1912) back in the 1890's. This piece represent the god of good fortune Ebisu. Was exceptionally carved and executed from one solid single piece of rose wood, showing a gorgeous face expression, with intricate details in the hands and feets, he's carrying as usual a rod and a fish. Ebisu (yebisu), ???, god of fortune, the ocean and fisherman. In the japanese mythology is one of the seven gods of luck, sichi-fuku-jin, the patron of the fisherman and tradesmen. he is depicted as a bearded, smiling fisherman with formal long court ropes, often carrying a rod in one hand and a tai, symbolic fish of the good luck, in the other. The height is 14.25 inches (36.20 cm) and the base measurements is 6.5 by 6.45 inches (16.5 x 16.38 cm). Meiji period, is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign...

1496 Pair Wabi Sabi Cedar wood sculptures

3-175 Segment of a branch from a cypress tree set on a steped wood base wood base 7.5 x 7.5"

Japanese wood root and stone Wabi Sabi - "The Acceptance of Transience & Imperfection" sculpture. From Kyoto, Japan. Possibly earlier than 19th cen...

Monumental Japanese bas relief carving on natural wood slab Palatial sized Japanese wood carving from the Meiji Period (1868-1912). This stunning sc...

3-1089 Japanese ancient burl wood abstract dog sculpture Wabi Sabi.