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Japanese Cat Scroll

Antique hanging scroll of Japanese cat/Late Edo-Meiji period/Cat painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a picture of a cat drawn by a person named "Toshizumi Nitta" from the end of the Edo period
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings

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Paper

Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, 'Playful Cat' by Hirose Toho, 1920s Taisho
By Hirose Toho
Located in Kyoto, JP
Playful Cat Hirose Toho (1875-1930) Hanging scroll, ink, mineral pigments and gofun on silk
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Lacquered Maki-E Natsume in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
and origin place for the famous Japanese cat Jizo. There are many Jisho-ins across Japan, so it is not
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer

Small Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Teapot Imari Red Gold Panels
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
between scrolls. On the cover round the base of the knob a leaves pattern border in low relief. In
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Tea Sets

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Porcelain

the starry night they met, Painting, Acrylic on Other
By matthew bailey seigel
Located in Yardley, PA
c. it has a long & complex prehistory in earlier japanese art. this particular scroll was juried
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2010s Modern Paintings

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Acrylic

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Located in Kyoto, JP
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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Hand Painted Abstract Expressionism Calligraphy Asian Screen
By Sōfu Teshigahara
Located in Atlanta, GA
Hand painted abstract expressionism calligraphy Asian folding screen, in the manner of Robert Motherwell, Sofu Teshigahara, et al, believed to be Japanese, circa 1950s. This piece is...
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

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Japanese Magnificent Koi Fish Silk Scroll Hand Painting Signed & Boxed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a stunning large scroll painting of Koi lazily swimming in a placid pond among Momiji fallen leaves. Hand painted in vibrant colors- an auspicious art composition rendered on ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Silk

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,...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Wood

Chinoiserie Panel Hand Painted Wallpaper on Gold Metallic, Accept Custom Size
Located in Wuxi, 32
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Lacquer Box
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese red burgundy, gold and black lacquer box with round corners and silk cloth interior lining, circa early-20th century, 1920s, Japan. Box was designed to hold documents, pap...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes

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Wood, Silk

Japanese Lacquer Box
Japanese Lacquer Box
H 3.13 in W 11.63 in D 8.63 in
Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) Japanese Framed Painting Pair, Carp and Bamboo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Two framed panels by Yamamoto Shunkyo depicting a carp (koi) leaping from a river. Ink and gold leaf on paper. Instinctively brushed in a freehand style, Shunkyo convincingly depic...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese antique pottery lion-shaped incense burner / 17th - 18th century / Edo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Japanese "Seto" fired pottery incense burner. Seto is a kiln with a long history in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. (Seto kilns are marked with red circles on the map.) It is said...
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

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Pottery

Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings
Located in Westwood, NJ
A set of two Japanese paintings, each with a hand gilt background depicting a Japanese Magnolia painted sans traverse across the two panels. The originals Japanese, circa 1900. Di...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Sc...

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Wood, Giltwood

Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings
Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings
H 49.5 in W 56.25 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Old Crane Painting / Picture Frame / 1900s-1930s / Picture of Two Crane
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a framed picture of two cranes used in the space between the columns in the Meiji era. The frame is made of chestnut and the color is like lacquer. Size: W 203 D 3.5 H 50...
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Art

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Paper

19th Century Japanese Shunga Hand-Scroll, Katsukawa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Shunga Unknown artist Meiji era, circa 1880 Hand-scroll mounted with 12 paintings Ink, pigment and gofun on silk Dimensions: Each image measures H. 23.2 cm x W. 34...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen Cherry and Forsythia
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on silk. Signature and seal read: Shunsei (or Haruo).
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen Moon Rising Over Turbulent Ocean Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary sumie (ink) painting on silver.
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair, Fig Trees by Hiroe Kashu 'B.1890'
Located in Kyoto, JP
Fig Trees Hiroe Kashu (b.1890) Taisho era, circa 1920 Pair of six-fold Japanese screens Ink, malachite, gold and silver on paper Dimensions: Each Screen measures H...
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Early 20th Century Asian Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Silver

Old boards used by Japanese lacquerware craftsmen/1920-1950/Wall hanging board
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a workbench used by lacquerware craftsmen from the end of the Taisho period to the Showa period (1920-1950). When applying lacquer to wooden vessels, they applied the lacquer...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer

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18th Century Nagasaki School Tiger Painting by Genryu
Located in Berlin, Berlin
to observe real tiger in nature, so they draw their inspiration from cats, which lead to surprisingly
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Kimono Beauty & Cat Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on silk scroll of a Japanese Geisha clad Kimono
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Silk

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Questions About Japanese Cat Scroll
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Japanese scrolls are commonly called kakejiku, which means “hanging scroll” in English. Japanese scrolls are used to display paintings and calligraphy, and they boast a flexible backing for rollable storage. You can shop a collection of authentic Japanese scrolls from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To hang a Japanese wall scroll, first install a nail or hook in the wall. Then, hold the screen in your non-dominant hand and use a forked bamboo stick or similar implement to grip the string attached to the top. Using the stick, lift the scroll onto the hook. Then, slowly unroll the scroll. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Japanese wall scrolls.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The story behind the Japanese cat traces back to ancient folklore. In the tale, a cat saves the life of a samurai who turns out to be quite wealthy. To show his thanks, the man made a very generous donation to the temple. In Japanese culture, cat sculptures and figurines are symbols of good luck and known as “maneki-neko.” Find a range of Japanese decorative objects on 1stDibs.