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Japanese Tanzaku

Japanese Harimaze Six Panel Screen Applied Edo Tanzaku Poems
Japanese Harimaze Six Panel Screen Applied Edo Tanzaku Poems

Japanese Harimaze Six Panel Screen Applied Edo Tanzaku Poems

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Fascinating Japanese six-panel folding Harimaze Byobu screen featuring Edo period antique calligraphy fragments and poem cards (Tanzaku).

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20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Edo Period Igarashi School Long Lacquer Box, Tanzaku-Bako
Japanese Edo Period Igarashi School Long Lacquer Box, Tanzaku-Bako

Japanese Edo Period Igarashi School Long Lacquer Box, Tanzaku-Bako

Located in Austin, TX

A stunning Japanese Edo period lacquer tanzakubako, box for poem cards, late 18th-early 19th century, Edo Period, Japan. Attributed to the Igarashi School, this box is masterfully ...

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Antique Taisho Period Tanzaku Woodblock Print of Heron at Twilight by Seiko
Antique Taisho Period Tanzaku Woodblock Print of Heron at Twilight by Seiko

Antique Taisho Period Tanzaku Woodblock Print of Heron at Twilight by Seiko

By Seiko

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A fine antique Taisho period Japanese woodblock print. Depicting a swooping heron above a riverbed with a thin sliver of a crescent moon in the background.

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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Paravent - An eight-fold screen with flowers of the four seasons and poem slips
Paravent - An eight-fold screen with flowers of the four seasons and poem slips

Paravent - An eight-fold screen with flowers of the four seasons and poem slips

Located in Brussels, BE

An eight-fold Japanese paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold leaf ground depicting various flowers of the four seasons with tanzaku (poem slips) by Kagawa Kageki (1768-184...

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

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Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Poem Box Meiji Period
Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Poem Box Meiji Period

Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Poem Box Meiji Period

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H 1.5 in W 3.125 in D 15.25 in

Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Poem Box Meiji Period

Located in Atlanta, GA

The box was traditionally designed to hold poem paper slips and is called Tanzaku Bako in Japanese. The elegant piece has a slightly arched form with a fitted lid.

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer

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