Edo Antiquities
EDO STYLE
Edo furniture was created during a flourishing time for the decorative arts owing to the stability of the Tokugawa shogunate rule in Japan. Spanning from 1603 to 1867, this era of peace and economic growth supported artistic advancements in lacquer, woodblock printing, porcelain and other artisanal trades. Because the country was largely isolated, there was little outside influence, leading to centuries of exceptional attention to the design of its furnishings and the quality of its traditional arts.
Unlike during the Meiji period that followed, with an increase in domestic and international markets, furniture during the Edo period was predominately commissioned by the ruling class, although people from across social groups benefited from the burgeoning metropolitan hubs for artisanal trades. For instance, Kyoto became a major center for lacquer art. Most furniture pieces were made from wood such as cedar or ash, including the era’s sashimono cabinets, which involved fine joinery and were rooted in the Heian period.
Sashimono cabinets, which were built by master craftsmen in a range of different wood types owing to the various trees that populate Japan, occasionally featured a stack of slender drawers as well as sliding doors. They were popular with everyone from samurai to kabuki actors. Tansu storage chests crafted from wood with metal fittings were also common in Edo-period homes. Some were designed to be easily portable while others were made to double as staircases.
Painted folding screens, called byōbu, were also fashionable, with Japanese artists inspired by nature, literature and scenes of history and daily life to create vivid works. In Buddhist temples and the palatial homes of the aristocratic class, fusuma, or large sliding panels, would sometimes be adorned with gold or silver leaf. These dividers allowed interiors to change throughout the day, closing in small spaces for personal use or reflecting candlelight to illuminate communal spaces after dark.
Find a collection of Edo tables, lighting, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Edo
Extremely Rare Tokugawa Clan Kimono Hanger with Maki-e Lacquer. Edo period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Extremely Rare Tokugawa Clan Kimono Hanger with Makie Lacquer and Gilded Fittings
Edo Period, 18th–19th Century Dimensions: H 166 cm × L 187 cm × W 41.5 cm Materials: Wood, Lacquer...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Japanese Byobu - Japanese screen six panels
Located in Brescia, IT
Six-panel folding screen depicting the famous legend of Hikaru Genji, a nobleman of extraordinary grace and beauty, and his gallant adventures at court.
The novel Genji Monogatari, w...
Category
Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Exhibition Stand / Sword Case / 1800-1868s / Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old drawer for storing Japanese swords originally called "Katanatansu".
It is thought to be from around the Edo period.
Cedar is used for the material, and a large numbe...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Paper, Cedar
Japanese Edo-Meiji Period Satsuma Incense Burner (Koro) and Wooden Support Table
Located in North Miami, FL
Japanese 19th century Edo-Meiji Period Satsuma stoneware incense burner (Koro) with small wooden support table
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, stoneware, wood, enamel, paint
Techniqu...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Enamel
Japan 18th Century Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Inro from the Edo period (1615-1868)
Beautiful Inro, created in Japan during the Edo (1615-1868) Shogunate period circa Late 18th century. It was carefully crafted in carve...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Silver
$3,496 Sale Price
30% Off
Contemporary Japanese Chochin Floor Lamp Zen Washi Japanese Paper Shade
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Under the Hazy Moon
Contemporary style Japanese Washi Japanese traditional paper shade floor lamp. Washi shade is famous as Isamu Noguchi Akari lightings.
Base is made of brass...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Brass
$2,600 Sale Price / item
31% Off
Contemporary Japanese Chochin Floor Lamp Limited Edition #1 Zen Washi
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: OBAKE A
Contemporary style Japanese Washi Japanese traditional paper shade floor lamp. Washi shade is famous as Isamu Noguchi Akari lightings.
Base is made of brass. Limited pattern painted model. Edition of 3+1AP
E26,27 light bulb.
Available to work with 100-250V.
Artist statement
In Japan, there is an animist belief that the soul dwells in old tools that have passed a long time and turns into spirits such as "Youkai" or "OBAKE." Its existence lurks in the darkness of everyday life, sometimes causing fear and sometimes entertaining.
This lantern is not an old tool, but it is made by the historic "Kojima Shoten", where the 10th generation are craftsmen in Kyoto. It's rare nowadays, and it's a style in which lanterns are made from bamboo bones to assembling papers and painting in one workshop and go. So, I decided to transform the polite crafted Japanese lanterns, which have been run through a traditional history, into a modern and pop style. It's not just OBAKE lurking in the darkness, but an existence who snuggles up to us as a more sophisticated being.
These one-eyed OBAKE have a meaningful look that originated in ancient Sanskrit culture. The red-eye "A [a]" is the facial expression that is the first pronunciation to make a sound in Sanskrit, which means "truth" and "spirit of inquiry" at the same time. The blue-eyed "UN [hu?]" expresses the pronunciation to close the sound, and at the same time means "wisdom" and "nirvana." There is also the idea that describing the beginning and end of the universe is represented by considering the "A" and "UN" as a pair. In Asia, it is a common sight to see a pair of guardian statues...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Japanese Chochin Floor Lamp Limited Edition #2 Zen Washi
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: OBAKE UN
Contemporary style Japanese Washi Japanese traditional paper shade floor lamp. Washi shade is famous as Isamu Noguchi Akari lightings.
Base is made of brass. Limited pattern painted model. Edition of 3+1AP
E26,27 light bulb.
Available to work with 100-250V.
Artist statement
In Japan, there is an animist belief that the soul dwells in old tools that have passed a long time and turns into spirits such as "Youkai" or "OBAKE." Its existence lurks in the darkness of everyday life, sometimes causing fear and sometimes entertaining.
This lantern is not an old tool, but it is made by the historic "Kojima Shoten", where the 10th generation are craftsmen in Kyoto. It's rare nowadays, and it's a style in which lanterns are made from bamboo bones to assembling papers and painting in one workshop and go. So, I decided to transform the polite crafted Japanese lanterns, which have been run through a traditional history, into a modern and pop style. It's not just OBAKE lurking in the darkness, but an existence who snuggles up to us as a more sophisticated being.
These one-eyed OBAKE have a meaningful look that originated in ancient Sanskrit culture. The red-eye "A [a]" is the facial expression that is the first pronunciation to make a sound in Sanskrit, which means "truth" and "spirit of inquiry" at the same time. The blue-eyed "UN [hu?]" expresses the pronunciation to close the sound, and at the same time means "wisdom" and "nirvana." There is also the idea that describing the beginning and end of the universe is represented by considering the "A" and "UN" as a pair. In Asia, it is a common sight to see a pair of guardian statues...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Brass
19th century Edo-period Japanese Hanging Scroll Calligraphy of Mad Poetry
Located in Chiba, JP
Hanging scroll with such unstrained and refined calligraphy of ‘Kyoka’ (lit. ‘Mad poetry’ – Humorous style of Japanese tanka poetry with joke or irony or satire) by a late Edo-period...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paper
Late 18th C Japanese Edo Period Palanquin Bow (Rimankyuu) Country House Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A Japanese Edo Period Palanquin Bow (Rimankyuu) with two racks of arrows.
The bow with reflexed design made of whalebone, the back and belly painted with golden mon and the grip (n...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Iron
Cabinet Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen Japanese Craft Mingei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Cabinet by Ryosuke Harashima.
Name: Casa Do Walk
Collection: STILLIFE
A chest for ship with a key door.
With four legs that imitate a stilt building structure, it looks like a house that going to walk.
STILLIFE
STILLIFE is not to redesign old Japanese folk tools but also to have a dialogue with the tools. Morphing "old folk tools" into a "more attractive still life" by giving it a modern interpretation. "Tsukumo God" which we Japanese...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Japanese Console with Folding Screen Zen Japanese Modern
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Early Dawn
Collection: STILLIFE
A console table that using a wooden box that stores two Japanese gold folding screens. It is a new histor...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Brass
Antique Iwayaki Earthenware Edo Incense Burner of a Turtle 19th Century Japan, J
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made and large incense burner or Okimono of a turtle. In earthenware with nice patina. Shimane Prefecture Iwayaki (Nagahama Yaki) Turtle figurine. The head and part of the bac...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware
$2,719 Sale Price
20% Off
19th. c Large Lotus-Shaped Buddhist Temple Incense Burner with Sanskrit Cutouts
Located in Fukuoka, JP
An extraordinary Buddhist temple incense burner from Japan, dating to the late Edo period (18th–19th century). Finely cast in bronze, this ceremonial piece features intricate openwor...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Unusual and Very Rare Edo Period Brazier Hook in Keyaki Wood, 19th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A remarkable and rare find from the Edo–Meiji transition period, this large wooden brazier hook (jizaikagi) was traditionally used in wealthy farmhouse interiors, suspended from the ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Wood
JAPANESE pendulum clock "SHAKU DOKEI" WOOD "SHITAN" chime in the pendulum, late Edo
Located in Milano, IT
JAPANESE WALL CLOCK "SHAKU DOKEI" WITH "SHITAN" WOODEN CASE AND CHIMING SYSTEM ON WEIGHT.
Hanging pendulum with "shitan" (rosewood) wooden case, at the top...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Brass
18th century are Samurai Naginata Saya with original silk cover
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Extremely rare Samurai naginata saya scabbard with original silk cover. Naginata scabbards are seen time to time on the market, however to still have original silk cover in relative...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Gilt Tabako-Bon with Mountain Landscape, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the tradition...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Copper
Japanese Wooden Dagger, Late 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese high quality wooden dagger. The carving is made of the highest quality as often Japanese items are. There is a signature and a poem engraved on side. Comes from an old Swedish collection...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
Bamboo Lattice Light Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen Japanese Craft Mingei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Lamp designed by Ryosuke Harashima.
This work is made of antique Japanese bamboo basket and brass.
Artist creates new style lamp by comb...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Brass
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Swedish Modern Floor Lamp with Malachite Print Paper Shade by Fornasetti, 1950s
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Located in Beuzevillette, FR
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Japanese Samurai Abumi Stirrups Lacquer Edo, 18th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Japanese Samurai Abumi Stirrups lacquer Edo late 18th century, early 19th century.
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Early 20th century Japanese Paper Patterns of Tabi Socks Craftsman's Folk Tool
Located in Chiba, JP
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Materials
Paper
H 11.42 in W 6.11 in D 0.08 in
Japanese Antique Wooden Block 1700s-1800s / Exhibition Table Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a block of wood made in Japan that is approximately 300 years old.
It is from the Edo period (1700s-1800s) when samurai still existed.
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H 12.8 in W 17.72 in D 14.57 in
Ethereal Edo Period (18th century) Bronze Stupa Finial
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Gracing us from the tranquil temples of 18th-19th century Japan, this exquisite bronze stupa finial (SKU: ZC98) embodies a tangible piece of spiritual his...
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Samurai Era Horagai with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Fukuoka, JP
From the esteemed ranks of the samurai to the serenity of modern collections comes this authentic Horagai signal conch, a distinguished relic from the 18th-19th century. Traditionall...
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Japanese Antique Wooden Board Art Single Board Grain of wood 1860s Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba, Chiba
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1860s Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
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H 14.38 in W 11.19 in D 0.91 in
Japanese Antique God's House "Zushi" 1800s-1860s / Mingei Wabi Sabi Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old Japanese house of God.
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Cedar
H 8.27 in W 8.27 in D 4.34 in
Japanese Antique God's House "ZUSHI" 1800s-1860s / Mingei Wabisabi Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese so-called "house of God".
It is called "ZUSHI" in Japanese.
It is from the Edo period. (1800's to 1860's).
The roof part is made of bamboo, and the rest ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Antiquities
Materials
Bamboo, Cedar
H 12.6 in W 14.38 in D 14.38 in
Japanese antique wabisabi wooden box/1800-1912/From the late Edo to the Meiji
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a wooden box made from the late Edo period to the Meiji period in Japan.
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Materials
Cedar
H 6.7 in W 14.57 in D 11.42 in
Japanese antique pottery lion-shaped incense burner / 17th - 18th century / Edo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Fukuoka, JP
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Edo antiquities for sale on 1stDibs.
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