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Japanese Roof Tile

Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dog Roof Tiles, Bizen Kiln, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dogs roof tiles, Bizen kiln, 20th c. Bizen kiln is one of
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20th Century Japanese Folk Art Ceramics

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Clay

Masuo Ojima Large Scale Sculptural Post-Modern Ceramic Vase, circa 1990s
By Masuo Ojima
Located in Cathedral City, CA
cabinet maker and his grandfather was a traditional Japanese roof tile producer, so Ojima grew up with
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1990s American Post-Modern Vases

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Ceramic

Japanese Bronze Vase on Tripod Base, Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
tiled roof in the foreground. A heavy cast formed as a single piece on tripod base with handles in the
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Urns

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Bronze

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Okinawa Naha City Shuri Castle Japan Papaya
Located in London, GB
Division featuring a great design depicting the red and white roof tiles of the historic Shuri Castle with
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Posters

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Paper

Japanese old wood carving demon mask No.B/Before 19th cent/Wall-hanging
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
attached to both ends of the tile roof of a Japanese house.These are meant to ward off evil spirits, and
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese old wood carving demon mask No.A /Before 19th cent/Wall-hanging
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
attached to both ends of the tile roof of a Japanese house.These are meant to ward off evil spirits, and
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Wood

'View of Yoshida', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Two are repairing the wall and roof tiles, while a third has climbed high upon the scaffolding and
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

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Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Edo Period Samurai Suit Of Armor
Located in New Orleans, LA
the Asano clan. The thigh guards (haidate) and shin guards (tsutsu suneate) feature a roof tile
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Antique 18th Century Asian Edo Arms, Armor and Weapons

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Copper, Iron

Edo Period Samurai Suit Of Armor
Edo Period Samurai Suit Of Armor
H 51.25 in W 25.75 in D 22.63 in
Large Pair of Thai Naga Sculptures on Lucite Bases, circa 1880
Located in San Diego, CA
Used in Thailand as temple roof finials or in pairs at entrances to guard against evil spirits and
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Antique 19th Century Thai International Style Antiquities

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Wood

Spring, landscape, Original oil Painting, Handmade, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
river, a charming village emerges on the horizon. Its quaint cottages and tiled roofs peek out from
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Okinawa Naha City Shuri Castle Japan Papaya
Located in London, GB
Division featuring a great design depicting the red and white roof tiles of the historic Shuri Castle with
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1960s More Prints

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Paper

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Unusual Pair of Chinese Export Blue and White Vases
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lovely pair of unusual Chinese Export blue and white porcelain vases.
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Porcelain

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Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases Finely Cast with High Relief Dragon Figures
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A pair of matching Japanese bronze vases from the 20th century finely cast with dragon figures. A high relief cast decoration of a three-clawed dragon is wrapped around the body of e...
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20th Century Japanese Vases

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Bronze

Antique, Japanese, Copper 'Ikebana' Bud Vase Stamped 'Genryusai Seiya'
Located in Glasgow, GB
Japanese metal bud vase, created by the renowned artisan Genryusai Seiya. This exquisite vase is a testament to the refined craftsmanship of the Meiji era, a period known for its ar...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Vases

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Copper

Japanese Prints by Gabriele Fahr-Becker Taschen 1999
By Angelika Taschen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Japanese Prints by Gabriele Fahr-Becker. The major section of the book consists of the 139 reproductions, grouped by artist, each accompanied by a detailed, sensitive commentary. St...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Books

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Paper

Émile Gallé “Bats and Iris” Table Lamp
By Emile Gallé
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Galle bat lamp is crafted from three-color cameo glass, featuring a delicate lavender-hued shade adorned with a golden finial, held aloft by three bronze arms with flo...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

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Bronze

Tsuda Eijyu, an Elegant Japanese Patinated Bronze Vase
Located in Kastrup, DK
Tsuda Eijyu (1915-2000). A Japanese patinated bronze vase of globular form with a long and narrow neck. Seal marked. Vases like this one is used to decorate single flower arrangeme...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

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Bronze

Yoshitoshi Tsukioka Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Samurai Warrors on Horseback
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, powerful, and visually striking Meiji Period woodblock print by revered Japanese artist/ printmaker Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 - 1892 ) featuring two fierce Samurai warr...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints

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Paper

Zuber French Scenic Wallpaper Panels The Japanese Garden Landscape Scene
By Jean Zuber
Located in Firenze, IT
This antique and charming early 20th Century scenic wallpaper by French Zuber manufacture is made up of five rolls of wall coverings hand painted with ancient wood blocks. The panels...
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Early 20th Century French Japonisme Wallpaper

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Wood, Paper

Ando Hiroshige, Japanese woodblock print on paper. Tsushima Province
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ando Hiroshige (1797- 1858), one of the most famous Japanese painters, graphic artists and creators of ukiyo-e. Japanese woodblock print on Japanese paper. Tsushima Kaigan Yubare. T...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Prints

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Paper

Small wooden Buddha statue painted with Japanese lacquer/"Senju Kannon"/Edo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small Japanese wooden Buddha statue. The deity is called "Thousand-Armed Kannon." Doctrinally, he is Kannon Bodhisattva with a thousand hands. The thousand hands represent ...
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Lacquer

Utagawa Kunisada - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Roma, IT
Samurai is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19 century by Utagawa Kunisada. Beautiful colored woodblock print, included a cardboard passpartout. Includes frame: 45.5 x 35...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Monumental Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Censer Urn with Dragons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A monumental Japanese Meiji period bronze censer urn, the elaborate multi-section exhibition piece with large high-relief dragon 'handles' to either side of the ovoid body with two s...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Original Japanese Woodblock Print by Japanese Artist 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Rare, original 19th century woodblock print. Beautiful Edo period print from the original publisher. Quality framed with conservation glass in an black painted frame. Red Blue Gree...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Prints

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Paper

After Hokusai "Mishima Pass..." Woodblock
Located in New York, NY
After Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760 - 1849), "Mishima Pass in Kai Province" from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, woodblock print, signed in plate upper left, unframed...
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Antique 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Utagawa Kunisada woodblock Flowers (Hana) Triptych, c. 1847-52
By Utagawa Kunisada III
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Utagawa Kunisada woodblock Flowers (Hana) Triptych from his series "Snow, Moon and Flowers" of 1847-52. Later edition, original with green grass. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1768-186...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Prints

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Wood

Japanese Large Old Stone Seated Garden Buddha
Located in South Burlington, VT
Seated Buddha with mama prayer beads original paint , good garden candidate A large beautiful and uncommon style Japanese seated Buddha who is seated and clutches in his hands mala ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

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Pair Roof Tile Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Substantial pair of Japanese roof tiles converted to lamps. Tiles depict lohans riding roosters
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Early 20th Century Japanese Table Lamps

Pair Roof Tile Lamps
Pair Roof Tile Lamps
H 35.5 in W 15 in D 9 in
Roof Tile Japan Clay Black Meiji with Custom Stand
Located in Monterey, CA
Large roof tile with custom stand Material: Clay Origin: Japan Age: Late Meiji period, circa
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Mounted Objects

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Clay

"Straw Thatching" 1971 Aquatint Etching by Tanaka Ryohei
By Tanaka Ryohei
Located in Papaikou, HI
particularly thatched roofs. Including the disrepair of neglect. Notice the missing and broken tiles above the
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Japonisme Prints

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Glass, Paper, Wood

Okinawan Nineteenth Century Ryukyu Kingdom Second Dynasty Tsuboya Ware Urn
Located in Stockbridge, MA
the production of funerary urns, The Ryukyuan Kingdom kilns also produced dishes, vessels, roof tiles
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

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Ceramic

20th Century Hexagonal-Backed "Peacock" Chair from the Imperial Hotel
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Chicago, IL
the floors; a copper roof eliminated the risk of falling debris created by traditional tile roofs
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Prairie School Chairs

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Upholstery, Oak

Ceramic Sculptures "Urchins", wood-fired by Momoko Takeshita Keane
By Momoko Takeshita Keane
Located in New York, NY
traditional crafts of that city. One day, when she was young, she found a piece of old roof tile lying on the
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Stoneware

Japanese Terracotta Roof Tile
Located in Chicago, IL
This salvaged architectural fragment features a decorative scrolling foliate motif and is mounted on a contemporary metal stand.
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20th Century Japanese Ceramics

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Terracotta

Japanese Terracotta Roof Tile
Japanese Terracotta Roof Tile
H 15 in W 16 in D 7 in
Japan Big Eared Scampering Rabbit Ornamental Tile, Usagi
Located in South Burlington, VT
terracotta roof tile with a hard to find rabbit motif - makes a superb garden treasure from Japan. This
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Terracotta

Superb Meiji Period Bronze Koro in the Form of a Dove on a Roof Tile
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A superb Meiji period bronze koro in the form of a dove on a roof tile, the bird naturalistically
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Japanese Kimono Pillows
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of pillows made from a mid-20th century Japanese silk kimono printed with a fun roof tile
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Pillows and Th...

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Linen, Silk, Down

Japanese Arts & Crafts Period Small Cloisonne Lantern, ca. 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charming and unique lantern with a pitched roof decorated as roof tiles, the lantern with glass
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Early 20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Lanterns

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Enamel

Fine Workmanship Japanese Antique Wood Carving Demon/1600-1800/Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
temple was rebuilt. After that, the base of the tiled roof made of wood was manufactured and used as an
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Elaborate Meiji Period Model of a Shrine of Important Size
Located in London, GB
with flying ho-o, beneath a removable tiled roof with upturned eaves.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Models and Miniatures

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Wood

Nardini Oriental Motif Table Lamp
By Nardini Studios
Located in Miami, FL
of a stylised Japanese lantern with tiled roof, six sided imperial trellis lattice walled sides and
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Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

1950s Nardini Oriental Motif Mid Century Modern Table Lamp
By Nardini Studios
Located in Miami, FL
a stylized Japanese lantern with tiled roof, six sided imperial trellis lattice walled sides and
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Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Green Power - 180/249
By Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Located in Houston, TX
years later. He married again in 1962 to the Japanese artist Yuko Ikewada but she divorced him in 1966
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Song of the Whales - 167/250
By Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Located in Houston, TX
in 1962 to the Japanese artist Yuko Ikewada but she divorced him in 1966. He had gained a popular
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Japan Big Hummingbird And Flowers Garden Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
detailed with a pagoda style roof line and horse shoe shaped tiles. The hummingbirds are realistically
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Iron

Vintage Maneki Neko Beckoning Cat, Mikawa Style, Mid-20th Century, Japanese
Located in Point Richmond, CA
, they also produced roof tiles and many clay dolls known as "oboko ningyo" Maneki nekos are considered
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Clay

Japanese Antique Pagoda Tea House Bronze Lantern, Dragon Finial and Fine Details
Located in South Burlington, VT
Garden favorite. 16" tall. Japan, an unusually tall, large scale handcrafted lantern in the form
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Gobancho, Japanese, woodblock print, limited edition, yellow, brown, green, night
By Clifton Karhu
Located in Santa Fe, NM
vertical and horizontal lines of the tile roofs and the latticed windows strike a special harmony, like
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1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Edo Sojourn, Japanese, Wood cut, limited edition print, red, orange, back, blue
By Clifton Karhu
Located in Santa Fe, NM
vertical and horizontal lines of the tile roofs and the latticed windows strike a special harmony, like
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1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Late Ming Terracotta Sancai Green Glazed Foo Dogs
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century China. A very rare pair as most examples are from roof tiles whereas these are statue
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures

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Terracotta

Set of Five Woodblock Prints
By Clifton Karhu
Located in Houston, TX
vertical and horizontal lines of the tile roofs and the latticed windows strike a special harmony, like
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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Japanese Carved & Lacquered Wood Shrine
Located in Seattle, WA
with overhanging gabled roof with end tiles above a pair of Karashishi (lion dogs) and Baku
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures

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Wood

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Era Shibi Roof Tile
Located in Brisbane, Queensland
A clay fired Japanese Shibi roof tile. These decorative end tiles were often reserved for temples
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

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Clay

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Japanese Roof Tile For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Japanese roof tile for your home. Frequently made of wood, ceramic and bronze, every Japanese roof tile was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Japanese roof tile, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A Japanese roof tile, designed in the folk art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Masuo Ojima each produced at least one beautiful Japanese roof tile that is worth considering.

How Much is a Japanese Roof Tile?

Prices for a Japanese roof tile can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $485 and can go as high as $15,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,375.
Questions About Japanese Roof Tile
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Chinese roof tiles are made out of ceramic and are placed so they are stacked one on top of another. The tiles are part of ancient Chinese architecture. Find a selection of ornate roof tiles from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    Ceramic tiles are expected to last about 100 years, which is almost double the length of a concrete tile roof lifespan. Because ceramic tiles are so durable, they increase the resale value of a house.