Framed Japanese Embroidery Silk Panel Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk embroidery Fukusa panel presented in mat and glazed gilt wood frame circa 1890-1910s (end of Meiji Period).
Silk
Screen With Lacquer Panels, Meiji Japan, Late 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large Japanese screen with 4 leaves composed of lacquer panels with naturalistic decoration, of several sizes: the largest panels are decorated with golden tigers and lions on a blac...
Lacquer
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Geese and Reeds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Japanese late Meiji period two-panel byobu screen by Hashimoto Koshu.
Silk, Wood, Paper
Framed Japanese Woven Textile Panel with Dragon Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed Japanese woven textile circa late 19th century of Meiji Period.
Silk, Wood
Meiji Period Japanese Four Panel Screen Bijin At Leisure
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese four panel screen: Bijin At Leisure. Ladies in a tea house with a small dog.
Silk, Wood
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Shibayama Inlaid Lacquered Panel
Located in London, GB
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Shibayama Inlaid Lacquered Panel C.1890 Panel with Figural Inlay Japan, late 19th century (Meiji period) Rectangular panel decorated with...
Hardwood, Lacquer
Framed Japanese Velvet Yuzen-Birodo Tapestry Panel Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese tapestry velvet panel from Meiji period presented in a beautiful silver and gold leaf wood frame.
Velvet
Japanese Meiji Eight Panel Screen Village Landscape with Figures
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large 19th century Japanese Meiji period eight panel byobu screen featuring a panoramic village landscape.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Porcelain Bowl Meiji Period Floral Panels
Located in Long Island City, NY
A finely executed Japanese cloisonné enamel bowl dating to the late Meiji period, produced for export and bearing the underglaze mark Dai Nippon Yushutsu (“Great Japan Export”).
Enamel
19th Century Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Festival Scenes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful late 19th century late Meiji period four-panel byobu screen featuring 12 scenes of a festival preparation. The intricately painted scenes have vibrant natural color pigments...
Brass
19th Century Hand-Carved Dragon Panels from Meiji Temple, Japan
Located in Fukuoka, JP
The dragons are set against a backdrop of stylized clouds and floral motifs, accentuated with gold, which highlights their divine nature. These panels are not only a stunning example...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Birds Flowers in Autumn Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional 19th century Japanese two-panel late Edo Tokugawa\early Meiji period screen.
Wood, Paper, Silk
Rare Five Japanese Signed Oshi-E Textile Art Panels Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a set of five Japanese textile art panels called Oshi-E circa Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Silk, Giltwood
Japanese Tall Antique Bronze Temple Lantern With Red Panels, Meiji Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
Special Japanese Antique Interior Lighting Choice, One-Of-A-Kind Japan, a handsome large antique Temple Lotus Bronze Lantern enhanced with new interior red panels and a new electric...
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Ducks and Geese in Flight
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene late 19th century Japanese Meiji Period four-panel screen capturing ducks and geese mid-flight across a tranquil, dreamlike landscape with clouds.
Brass
Japanese Two-Panel Folding Screen with Aged Silver Leaf, Meiji Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A striking Japanese two-panel folding screen (byōbu) from the Meiji period (1868–1912), entirely covered in silver leaf.
Wood, Paper
Pair Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases with Phoenix Panels Meiji Period
Located in Long Island City, NY
A decorative pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases dating to the Meiji period, each measuring approximately 9 inches in height.
Enamel
Framed Solid Burl Wood Panels from a Japanese Tsuitate, Meiji Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A spectacular framed solid burl wood panels, originally part of a traditional Japanese tsuitate (single-panel standing screen), now presented as sculptural wall art. Each panel is cr...
Wood, Burl
Japanese Asian Framed Meiji Peroid Silk Floral Flower Embroidery Textile Panel
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and wonderfully designed/composed Japanese textile panel with embroidery floral natural landscape/flower decoration.
Textile, Silk, Wood
19th Century Shibayama Four Panel Screen Meiji Period Japan, C.1880
Located in London, GB
19th century Shibayama four Panel screen Meiji Period Japan C.1880 Mother of pearl inlay in black lacquer depicting a bird in relief with cherry blossom.
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Cranes Above Cresting Waves
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing 19th century pair of large Japanese Meiji period six panel screens each depicting a sedge of Manchurian red-crowned cranes along the shore.
Brass
Meiji era Japanese Screen Pair, Two-panel. Spring & Autumn Birds & Flowers.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Dimensions of each screen: H. 172 cm x W. 188 cm (68’’ x 74”) This elegant pair of two-panel Japanese screens, painted around 1900 by Hasegawa Gyokujun, presents a richly symbolic k...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Six-Panel Folding Screen with Courtly Landscape and Pavilion
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period six-panel folding screen, late 19th century, showcasing an exquisitely painted yamato-e style composition.
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Two Panel Meiji Edo Folding Byobu Landscape House Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, large two-panel antique Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a lone house, perhaps a tea house, hidden in the trees and foliage with dist...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Two Panel Meiji Edo Byobu Cherry Blossom Tree Folding Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, large two-panel antique Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a venerable cherry blossom tree and a running river with blooming flowers.
Silver Leaf
Japanese Screen. Two-panel. Aged Pines by Suzuki Shonen. Meiji period.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Suzuki Shonen (1848-1918) Aged Pine Meiji period (1868-1912). Circa 1900. Two-panel Japanese screen.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji-Taisho Two-Panel Screen with Owl & Bamboo, circa 1915
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji-Taisho Two-Panel Screen with Owl & Bamboo, circa 1915 A beautifully painted Japanese two-panel folding screen (byōbu) depicting a solitary owl perched quietly amo...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Meiji Period 6-Panel Screen w/ Blue Lacquered Flowers, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period 6-Panel Screen w/ Blue Lacquered Flowers, Ca. 1900 Meiji Period (1868-1912) DIMENSIONS 145” long x 69.5” high
Wood
Japanese Meiji Two-Panel Embroidery Screen w/ Rooster and Chicken, Ca. 1890s
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Two-Panel Embroidery Screen with Rooster and Chicken, Ca. 1890s Meiji Period (1868-1912) – Ca. 1890/1910 Signed DIMENSIONS Width: 60 inches Heigh...
Silk
Japanese Six-Panel Silver Leaf Screen with Egrets & Willow, Meiji Period C. 1880
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Six-Panel Screen with Egrets Beneath a Willow Tree This Japanese six-panel screen, dating to the Meiji period (circa 1880), depicts two white egrets beneath the cascading b...
Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Edo Meiji Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Lakeside & Maple Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, quite engaging four-panel Edo Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape lakeside scene with various people fishing, boating, playing along the mi...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Period Six-Panel Screen with Blue Lake and Flowers, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Six-Panel Screen with Blue Lake and Flowers, Ca. 1900 Meiji Period (1868-1912) DIMENSIONS Length: 145 inches Height: 69.5 inches
Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Four-Panel Screen w Flying Cranes and Landscape, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Four-Panel Screen with Flying Cranes and Landscape, Ca. 1900 DIMENSIONS Wid...
Wood
$3,072Sale Price|20% Off
Meiji Period 2-Panel Silver Leaf Screen: Oxidised Patina
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A quiet study in texture and tone. This Meiji-period two-panel screen features silver leaf that has naturally oxidised over time, creating a soft, atmospheric surface of shifting gre...
Silver Leaf
Meiji Period 2-Panel Silver Leaf Screen: Oxidised Patina
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A quiet study in texture and tone. This Meiji-period two-panel screen features silver leaf that has naturally oxidised over time, creating a soft, atmospheric surface of shifting gre...
Silver Leaf
$1,875 / set
Pair Of Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Vases
Located in Norwood, NJ
Find pair of Meiji period Japanese Satsuma 4 panel vases. Each vase featuring one panel with scholars and one panel with samurai.
Ceramic
Japanese Asian Edo Meiji 6 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Red Crown Cranes Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite large antique six-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene with red crowned cranes, other playful birds and boldly colored blossoming S...
Gold Leaf
Framed Antique Japanese Embroidery Fukusa Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely embroidered Japanese silk Fukusa panel presented in a beautiful silk-lined giltwood frame (newly framed and glazed), circa late 19th century of Meiji Period.
Silk, Wood
Framed Antique Japanese Embroidery Fukusa Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely embroidered Japanese silk Fukusa panel presented in a beautiful brocade-wrapped fame.
Silk, Wood
Large Rare Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Panel of Geese Flying over the Moon S
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Panel of Geese Flying over the Moon Sky A large antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over brass wall panel.
Enamel, Brass
Framed Antique Japanese Embroidery Fukusa Textile Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk Fukusa Panel housed in a gilt frame circa late 19th century of Meiji Period.
Silk, Wood
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Hibiscus In Bloom
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Hibiscus in Bloom, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of hibiscus flowers reaching for the sun in full bloom.
Silk, Wood, Paper
Framed Antique Japanese Embroidery Fukusa Textile Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk Fukusa Panel housed in a gilt frame circa late 19th century of Meiji Period.
Silk, Wood
Fine Japanese Meiji Silk Panel of Jurōjin in Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Frame
Located in Nottingham, GB
A striking Japanese silk-crepe panel dating from the late Meiji to early Taishō period, depicting Jurōjin, the revered god of longevity, wisdom and good fortune.
Silk
Japanese Textile Panel Double Ikat Kasuri Futon Cover
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese woven cotton textile panel with white pattern on indigo background circa 1900-20s (end of Meiji to Tasho period).
Cotton
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Ikebana on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Ikebana on gold. Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a basket with beautifully arranged spring flowers in the style of ikebana (Japanese traditional flowe...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Textile Panel Double Ikat Kasuri Futon Cover
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese woven cotton textile panel with white pattern on indigo background circa 1900-20s (end of Meiji to Tasho period).
Cotton
Framed Antique Japanese Silk Embroidery Fukusa Textile Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Fukusa Panel with tassels displayed in a gilt frame circa Meiji Period.
Silk, Wood
Framed Antique Japanese Embroidery Fukusa Panel Takasago Legend
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely embroidered Japanese silk Fukusa panel presented in a beautiful silk-lined giltwood frame (newly framed and glazed), circa late 19th century of Meiji Period.
Silk, Wood
Japanese Two Panel Screen Summer Flowers on Silver
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Summer flowers on silver.
Silver Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Three Jewels of Buddhism
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Three Jewels of Buddhism.
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Early Spring Into Summer
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Early Spring Into Summer, Meiji period (1868 -1912) painting of plum in bloom with red camellias on the right and peony and thistle on the left.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Chickens in a Millet Grove
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Chickens in a Millet Grove, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of a Japanese breed of chicken, Shamo chickens, in a millet grove.
Silk
Old or Antique Japanese Bronze Umbrella Stand with Scenic Panels
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique Japanese bronze umbrella stand. Of a cylindrical form in a warm chocolate brown patina. The umbrella stand with numerous cartouches throughout in a variety of...
Bronze
Japanese Six Panel Kano School Winter Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Meiji period six-panel screen depicting a winter landscape with a Chinese sage visiting friends in a country villa.
Metal
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Zen Calligraphy Character Cloud
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period (1868 - 1912) calligraphy painting. Abstract character reads: Kumo (cloud). Seal on the upper right reads Shogazen, seal on the upper left reads Hosai. Ink on mulberr...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Summer Flowers on Silk
Located in Hudson, NY
Rimpa painting of flowers including morning glories, hollyhocks, sweet peas, nadeshiko, and daisies. Signature and seal read: Bisui
Silk, Wood
Japanese Antique Wabi-Sabi Copper Panel 1860s-1920s / Abstract Art
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese copper-clad panel, constructed from a wooden core covered with thin sheets of copper, each individually secured with numerous small rivets and nails.
Copper
Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Winter Landscape with Flowering Plum
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Winter landscape with flowering plum, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a full moon with wild grasses between river's edge and a snow covered plum tree ...
Gold Leaf
$39,000Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Japanese Iron and Mixed Metal Wall Panel
Located in North Miami, FL
A rare Meiji period 1868-1912 iron and mixed metal panel by a highly important early Meiji period artist.
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Iron
Unavailable
H 68.51 in W 148.82 in D 0.79 in
Impressive Japanese Six-Panel Fan Screen, Meiji/Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Wonderful gold silk screen with images of hand fans. Brocade border and back. Black lacquer frame with brass details. The hand fans on the screen are all different and creates an...
Silk
Japanese Lacquer and Bronze Temple Ranma 'Panel'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Temple Ranma (Panel) lacquered with many coats of lacquer which created this rich dark brown finish on cryptomaria wood. The ornamentations are bronze flowers. There are two...
Bronze
Japanese Five Panel Indigo Cotton Ikat Futon Cover, circa 1900
Located in Sausalito, CA
Japanese five panel, cotton futon cover called Kurume-kasuri, from Kurume region, Fukuoka Prefecture, circa 1900. Natural indigo, warp and weft ikat (tate-yoko kasuri).
Antique Japanese Hand-Painted Four-Panel Folding Table Screen
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Japanese hand-painted four-panel folding table screen depicting birds, bamboo and flowering branches. Painted on paper with a silk border and wood framed. Height: 35" wid...
Paper, Silk, Wood
Japanese 6-Panel Painted Gilt Bamboo Leaf and Clouds Screen
Located in Sarasota, FL
A 6-panel screen in elegant green and white bamboo on gilt.
Gold Leaf
1920s Japanese 4 Panel Screen Chrysanthemum Birds Heron
Located in Sarasota, FL
Stunning 1920s 4 panel screen.
Silk
Japanese Meiji Period Two-Panel Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Diminutive Japanese late Meiji period two-panel landscape screen.
Brass
Japanese Meiji Six-Panel Silver Leaf Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare Japanese late Meiji period six panel byobu screen featuring large panels covered in squares of silver leaf with an aged patina.
Silver Leaf
Japanese Meiji Period Two Panel Screen
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) two-panel painted screen with various Tale of Genji scenes - ink, colors and gold leaf on paper.
Paper
Japanese Six-Panel Silver Leaf Meiji Period Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Japanese six-panel folding byobu screen featuring a hand-painted silver leaf finish decorated with eulalia grasses and delicate autumn daisies with a full moon rising in ...
Brass, Silver Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Meiji Screen of Scattered Fans
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large scale dramatic Japanese late 19th-early 20th century Meiji screen depicting numerous beautifully painted fans over a silver leaf square background.
Brass, Silver Leaf
Japanese Meiji Four-Panel Moriage Style Chrysanthemum Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic early 20th century Japanese late Meiji period Byobu screen featuring painted chrysanthemums. Made in a rare moriage design with raised white flowers for a beautiful 3D effec...
Brass
Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen After Tawaraya Sotatsu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating late 19th century Japanese Meiji period four panel folding byobu screen.
Brass
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Flowering Autumn Plants
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese 19th century meiji period two panel folding byobu screen.
Silver Leaf
Japanese Korean Meiji Period Five-Panel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century five-panel painted screen. Meiji period paintings from Japanese occupied Korea depicting scenes of horses, cranes, fish, flowering vases, and a fisherman.
Grasscloth, Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Kano School Bird Waterscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning late 19th century Japanese Meiji period six panel byobu screen featuring a deep blue waterscape with pheasants and ducks.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Framed Japanese Embroidery Textile Panel Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese embroidered textile panel presented in an acrylic shadow box frame, circa end of 19th to 1910s Meiji Period.
Textile, Acrylic
Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Tale of Genji Episodes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large early 20th century Japanese late Meiji period six-panel folding byobu screen depicting episodes from the tale of Genji.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen White Egrets in Winter Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th century serene Japanese Meiji period four panel folding byobu screen featuring a flock of white egrets in a misty winter landscape.
Silk, Wood, Paper
Sold
H 24.81 in W 102.37 in D 1.19 in
Antique Japanese Small Six-Panel Screen, Meiji Period circa 1900
Located in Prahran, Victoria
6 panel screen of unusual size depicting traditional musical instruments, flutes drum, koto and biwa painted on silk with a gold leaf surround. Dimensions:H 63cm x W 260cm As...
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Shibayama Lacquer Panel Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese Shibayama lacquer panel from Meiji era (1852-1912), produced in the port of Yokohama in the new style mostly for the export by catering the western taste, after the ...
Bone, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Six Panel Screen Ducks in Water Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century Japanese Meiji period six-panel screen depicting a serene water landscape with ducks and songbirds amid Momiji (red maple) hibiscus, and morning glory.
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Six-Panel Meiji Screen of Egrets on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Japanese six-panel late Meiji/early Taisho Showa period screen featuring five egrets or herons in a water landscape.
Brass
Sold
H 67.75 in W 144 in D 0.75 in
19th Century, Meiji Period, Japanese Six Panel Screen Bamboo on Silk
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Bamboo on silk, circa 1900, beautiful soft painting of a bamboo grove with bird in flight. Because of its strength and flexibility, bamboo symbolizes prosp...
Silk, Wood
Rare Historical Set Japanese Oshi-E Textile Art Panels Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer here is a rare set of eleven Japanese textile art with painting panels called Oshi-E circa Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Silk, Fabric, Paper
Meiji Period 19th Century Japanese Tansu Chest with Sliding Panels and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period tall tansu chest from the late 19th century, with drawers and sliding panels.
Wood
Sold
H 65.5 in W 41 in D 15.25 in
Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Tansu Chest with Sliding Panels and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A tall Japanese Meiji period tansu chest from the late 19th century, with drawers and sliding panels.
Iron
Important Pair of Panels Japan, Meiji Period '1868-1912'
Located in Madrid, ES
Important pair of panels Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912), in lacquered and gilded wood, with applications in bone and mother-of-pearl, representing birds, and bunches of flowers.
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.
From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.
Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.
With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.
For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.
“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.
In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.