Japanese Mixed Metals Box by Fujii Yoshitoyo, Meiji Period
By Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
The underside is signed with the workshop mark of Fujii Yoshitoyo, confirming its esteemed origin.
Metal, Gold Plate, Silver, Brass
Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metals Box by Fujii Yoshitoyo
By Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
This Japanese bronze and mixed metals box dates to the Showa period, circa 1930, and is finely decorated with 24 karat gold and silver inlay in the manner of Fujii Yoshitoyo, to whos...
Gold, Silver, Brass
Japanese Antique Meiji Period Vesta Case by Fujii Yoshitoyo
By Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
FUJII YOSHITOYO was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1868.
Gold Plate, Brass
Powder Compact In The Style Of Komai, Meiji Era Japan
By Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Exceptional powder compact in gold and silver damascened iron (technique called nunome zogan in Japan). It is signed "Yoshitoyo saku" and marked with Mount Fuji. Fujii Yoshitoyo was ...
Iron
Cabinet and Two Vases in Gold Damascened Iron
By Komai
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
The three pieces are marked with Mount Fuji, signature of the artist Fujii Yoshitoyo. A first-rate artist, he won many medals at exhibitions.
Iron
Japanese Komai Style Box and Dish by Fujii Yoshitoyo
By Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
The base is signed with the Yoshitoyo mark (美豊作) above the circular Fujii company seal.
Brass
Japanese Meiji Period Box with Peacock by Fujii Yoshitoyo
By Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
The underside of the box bears the Mount Fuji mark of the The Fujii Damascene Co. and the signature of the company founder Fujii Yoshitoyo 藤井美豊, as well as the original collection in...
Metal, Gold Leaf
Japanese Komai Style Damascene Box Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
Notes Fujii Yoshitoyo was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1868.
Metal
Japanese Meiji Period Komai Damascene Box Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
Notes Fujii Yoshitoyo was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1868.
Metal
Japanese Komai Style Damascene Box Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
The base of the Komai Style box is signed Yoshitoyo saku 美豊作 who owned the Fujii Damascene Co.
Metal, Brass
Sold
H 1.75 in W 5.35 in D 3.75 in
FUJI YOSHITOYO 1880 Japan Komai Desk Box In Gold Inlaid Iron damascene 24Kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
The box is signed by the artist Fujii Yoshitoyo. Fujii Yoshitoyo He was also known as Biho, born in 1868.
Gold, Bronze
$406
H 1.19 in W 8.67 in D 3.94 in
Japanese Lacquered Box Meiji Decorative Box and Ink box, circa 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Nice Japanese glove box in red, yellow and black lacquered wood dating from the end of the 19th century. It is decorated with delicate gold, black and red characters. Inside you have...
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Stacking Box, Jubako, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and impressive Japanese gold maki-e decorated black lacquer five-tier jubako with presentation tray, two lids, and the original tomobako storage box, Meiji period, late 19th c...
Lacquer
Japanese Shōwa Lacquered Gold Maki‑E Calligraphy Chest
Located in Norwich, England
Beautiful vintage Japanese Shōwa lacquered & gold Suzuribako calligraphy chest. Circa early-mid 20th century. The chest with four drawers having a gold maki‑e cloud and landscape sc...
Metal, Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Miniature Gold Maki-e Two-Tier Jūbako, circa 1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Japanese Meiji Miniature Gold Maki-e Two-Tier Jūbako, circa 1890 A diminutive Japanese Meiji-period stacking box, or jūbako (重箱), dating to approximately 1880–1900. Constructed in w...
Lacquer
$6,000
H 2.5 in W 2.25 in D 2.25 in
Japanese Stacking Incense Box, Ju-Kobako, Meiji Period, Mid 19th century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An exquisite small Japanese maki-e lacquer stacking box for incense and accessories, ju-kobako, late Edo or early Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan. Crafted in maki-e lacquer an...
Silver
$398
H 1.38 in W 3 in D 2.13 in
Japanese Laquered Box with Hinged Lid hand painted, 19th Century Meiji Period
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good papier mâché, rectangular shaped black lacquered lidded box, hand enamelled and gilded, made in Japan during the 19th century, early Meiji period. This rectangular ...
Paper
Japanese Lacquer Smoking Box, Tabako Bon, Edo Period, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine Japanese maki-e lacquer decorated tabako bon, or smoking box, late Edo Period, mid-19th century, Japan. The elegant smoking box of black lacquer decorated with a wonde...
Lacquer
Japanese Maki-e Lacquered Box, Ric.049
Located in Norton, MA
Japan, Edo to Meiji period, a long rectangular document box with hinged cover, decorated with a bird and a floral basket, The locker is not functioning.
Lacquer
Antique Chinese Export Lacquer Box Qing Period Circa 1850
Located in Northampton, GB
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Chinese export lacquer box dating to the late Daoguang period, circa 1850. Of lobed octagonal form, the lacquer box is decorated throughout upon a black gro...
Wood, Lacquer
Antique 19th Century Export Chinese Lacquer Gaming Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century export Chinese lacquer gaming box with hand painted scenes gilt export black lacquer with 4 pair of two dragons playing a ball, there are 7 gaming boxes and 12 t...
Lacquer
$2,300
H 2 in W 3 in D 3 in
Japanese Lacquer Box, Kogo, Tale of Genji, Edo Period, early 19th century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese small lacquer box for precious incense, kogo, Edo period, mid 19th century, Japan. The small box of gold lacquer and wonderfully decorated with a scene in raised tak...
Pewter
Circa 1870 Japanese Meiji Era Lacquer & Papier Mache Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870 Meiji era lacquer & papier mache box, Japan. Black with red divided interior. Painted with a fascinating scene of figures in a garden examining a miniature temple with hol...
Lacquer
Japanese Lacquer Ryoshibako Document Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese lacquer box with elaborate Maki-e design from Meiji period, (mid-late 19th century). The generous size of the box was reserved for paper document and called Ryoshiba...
Wood, Lacquer
$1,695
H 325 in W 325 in D 0.25 in
Antique Japanese Damascene Cigarette Case with Ornate Mt. Fuji & Dragon Decor
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique cigarette case is unsigned by the maker, but presumed to have originated from Japan and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Japanese Export style. The case...
Metal
Japanese black lacquer box, Japan, early 20th century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
An elegant antique Japanese box in black lacquered wood, decorated with a delicate gold motif depicting a bird perched on a flowering branch, accompanied by stylized landscape elemen...
Wood, Lacquer
$3,037
H 2.37 in W 4.53 in D 3.35 in
Japanese Meiji Period Damascene Box by Ashizuki with Gold and Silver
Located in Newark, England
INLAID WITH A GOLD AND SILVER DEER From our Japanese collection we are pleased to offer this Japanese Damascene Box by Ashizuki. The Japanese Box of rectangular shape raised upon fo...
Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron
Japanese Carved and Lacquered Shibayama Cabinet, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elaborate and finely detailed carved wood, and gold lacquered Shibayama cabinet (Chigaidansu). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and mother of pearl decoration of flo...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
$1,025
H 10 in W 11.75 in D 6 in
Japanese Lacquer Box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay and Parquetry Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A finely crafted Japanese tabletop cabinet from the early 20th century, this compact storage piece is richly detailed with traditional decorative techniques and export-era flourishes...
Wood
$2,785
H 10.75 in W 5.25 in D 4.4 in
Striking Art Nouveau Ceramic and Bronze-Mounted Vase in Victor Horta Style
By Victor Horta
Located in Lisse, NL
Top condition and pure elegance Art Nouveau vase. For the collectors of museum quality and condition Art Nouveau ceramics. This stunning Art Nouveau vase is decorated with the mos...
Bronze
$4,084Sale Price|26% Off
H 3.15 in W 20.87 in D 20.87 in
French Chess Theme of Ancient Egypt Plaster & Wood Restored, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
French chess game in the thematic of Ancient Egypt. The chess pieces are in painted and waxed plaster, the board is in wood and the is also a display shelf. Each piece is charaterful...
Plaster, Wood
$53,998
H 0.75 in W 0.71 in D 0.6 in
A Gold And Enamel Mourning Ring For Lord Nelson By John Salter, England, 1806
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An extremely rare ring that commemorates the naval hero, Horatio Nelson, who died in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, fighting against the Napoleonic forces. Dr William Nelson, the a...
Gold, Enamel
$12,117
H 0.79 in W 2.76 in D 1.58 in
18ct Gold Antique English Snuff Box - Hallmarked in London in 1803 - 54.9g
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1803 by George Longstaff, this very handsome, George III period, Antique 18ct Gold Snuff Box, features engine turned decoration throughout. The snuff box me...
Gold
$385,000
H 38 in W 36 in D 21 in
Japanese Lacquer and Cinnabar "Samurai" Cabinet, Inaba Family, Edo Period
Located in Troy, NY
Exceptionally large and rare lacquer cabinet. According to the heraldry, visible on the headgear in one of the panels, it was made for the Inaba family, a high ranking Daimyo family,...
Bronze
Japanese Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING This Japanese silver and enamel cigarette case is decorated with floral enamel work on a hammered ground and dates to the Meiji period (1868-1912), circa 190...
Silver, Enamel
$2,228Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.84 in W 30.71 in D 14.97 in
Small Chinese Black Lacquered Wardrobe 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty XIXth century Chinese wardrobe in black lacquered wood decorated with court scenes, opening with two doors. The interior has a shelf with two drawers decorated with golden pla...
Wood
$3,400
H 15.75 in W 14.25 in D 7 in
Japanese Marquetry and Lacquer Jewelry Chest, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very attractive Japanese wood table top jewelry or collector's chest with marquetry and lacquer decoration, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. Previously in the collection of Asbjorn...
Wood, Softwood, Lacquer
$574,500
H 84 in W 56 in D 20 in
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan. This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
$16,500
H 74.5 in W 48 in D 14.5 in
Antique Japanese Lacquer Inlaid Hardwood Meiji Period Shibayama Shodana Cabinet
Located in Portland, OR
An exquisite antique Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Shodana cabinet, circa 1880. One of the finest antique Shibayama cabinets one will see, the cabinet is finely inlaid and overlaid...
Gold
$337,535
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cage, Hand-Painted Metal & Wood
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Metal
Vintage Asian Marquetry Tansu Table Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite vintage Asian marquetry Tansu table cabinet is a masterful blend of craftsmanship and functionality. The intricate marquetry inlays form stunning geometric patterns, b...
Brass
$21,000Sale Price|50% Off
H 69 in W 151 in D 2 in
19th Century Parisian 10 Panel Coromandel Lacquer Chinoiserie Screen C.1850
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Fabulous 10 panel coromandel lacquer 19th century Chinese Screen from Paris. Has beautifully detailed handpainted design with original casters and hinges. All in original condition. ...
Lacquer
From 1868 to 1912, Emperor Mutsuhito oversaw an era of transformation in Japan. Formerly a country of feudalism and isolation, Japan entered an age of modernization influenced by newly established trade and exchange with the West. The Meiji period, or period of “enlightened rule,” also saw the global impact of the East Asian country’s culture. Japanese Meiji furniture was exhibited at expositions from Paris to San Francisco and created for export.
Prior to the Meiji era, furniture was mostly made by commission for the ruling class; now there were new domestic and international markets. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Meiji furniture made for Japanese homes and buildings constructed in Western styles resulted in taller tables, chairs, cabinets with large drawers and other features. The government invested in areas such as transportation and communication, and because people could freely choose occupations after the restrictions of feudalism, industries of various types were energized by expressive new ideas during those years. Art schools were formed and, for the first time, design was an area of study in the country, leading to the evolution of professional design as a career by the 1890s.
The work of Japanese designers was transmitted widely through lavishly illustrated pattern books that included designs for screens and lacquerware for the home. While screens today may be of use as decorative accents or partitions to ensure privacy in one’s space, Japanese screens were adorned with paintings and were featured in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. The color illustrations that characterize Meiji woodblock prints, a genre of Japanese art that grew out of 17th-century developments in printing and book publishing, depicted the sweeping changes that the era brought to East Asia.
Although it was a time of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions. From colorful porcelain table lamps with silk shades and hardwood tables decorated with dark lacquer to cabinets featuring iron hardware and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Meiji furniture showcased Japan’s artistic heritage to the world.
Find a collection of antique Japanese Meiji period case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.