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What is Japanese wood carving?

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What is Japanese wood carving?
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.
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Antique Japanese Wood Carving of Two Minogames 'Mythological Turtle', 18th C
Located in North Miami, FL
standing in the she’ll of the larger one. This is an excellent Japanese hardwood carving dating from the
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

19th century Japanese Wood Carving Temple Shrine Sea Breams and Wave Decoration
Located in Chiba, JP
SEA BREAMS AND WAVES – Wood carving decoration with the remains of original bule paint as the
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Monumental Japanese Bas Relief Carving on Natural Wood Slab
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Monumental Japanese bas relief carving on natural wood slab Palatial sized Japanese wood carving
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Old Japanese turtle-shaped wooden carving object/early 20th century/wooden lump
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wood carving figurine. It is thought to have been made around the Taisho
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20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese antique wood carving "Kirin's legs" /1800s/Shrines and temples carvings
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
spiritual animal that has been passed down in Japan since ancient times. At first glance, it looks like a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Traditional Vintage Japanese Kokeshi Doll, polychrome wood
By Japan Sword Master Dziokazu
Located in Valladolid, ES
these woods because they are soft and resistant to carving, although there are dolls made from other
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Arts and Crafts Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Paint

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