Japanese Painting Meiji Period Scroll by Kano Hogai Landscape a Luxury Craft
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
the tradition of the Kano school, was discovered by Fenollosa in the early Meiji period, and became a
Silk
Japanese Antique "Two Mandarin Ducks" Hand Painted Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
A very fine and bold Japanese antique hand painted silk scroll of two mandarin ducks underneath a
Silk
Large Japanese Gilded Silk Brocade Framed Oshie Decorative Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary framed three-dimensional decorative art piece in silk in vivid red
Silk
Japanese Contemporary silk brocade Handcrafted Decorative Art, 6
Located in Takarazuka, JP
using high quality kimono silk and brocade fabrics, known as oshie (literally, “pressed pictures”) that
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Japanese Antique Bold Hand Painted Brilliant Cranes Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
conjugal cranes- a special scroll worthy of your favorite room. Hand painting on silk in simple bold
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Japanese Antique Bold Hand-Painted Tiger Silk Painting, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
A beautiful and compelling Japanese antique hand-painted silk painting of a stealthy tiger- worthy
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Japanese Four-Panel Silk Landscape Byobu Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional Japanese four-panel Byobu screen of a mountain landscape painted on silk. The
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Traditional Japanese Framed Green Purple Brocade Silk Decorative Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary gilded framed oshie decorative art form in kimono silk and brocade
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Japanese Contemporary Framed Silk and Brocade Handcrafted Decorative Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
discard the magnificent silk kimonos and brocaded obi they had donned for a lifetime. The solution was to
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Lovely Nihonga Scene Meiji/Edo Period Scroll Japan Artist Spring Prunus Blossom
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, it is a praise of Japanese and old paintings. Shiraume, which is simple yet has a unique presence, is expressed, and it is a very tasty work combined with the sanct...
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Japan Important Massive Hand Painting Buddha Temple "Sutras" Silk Scroll, 19thc
Located in South Burlington, VT
An important Japanese large hand-painted temple -Sutras- silk scroll of Buddha, Meiji period, 19th
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Japanese Four-Panel Painted Silk Landscape Byobu Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Idyllic Japanese four panel painted silk Byobu screen depicting a snow covered landscape with a
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Japanese Early Scroll "KOI Fish With BABIES" Hand Painting on Silk, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
this auspicious art composition and hand painted early signed silk scroll dating to the Meiji era late
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Japanese Antique Bold Hand-Painted Tiger Silk Ceremony Scroll, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
of your favourite room. Hand painting on silk in simple soft pleasing colors, signed. Inscription
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Contemporary Japanese Green Black Framed Gilded Silk Brocade Oshie Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
stunning gilded brocade and silk fabrics. A sophisticated technique is used to transform highest quality
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Large Contemporary Japanese Framed Gilded Silk and Brocade Oshie Decorative Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
and black. A traditional Japanese handcrafted decorative art form using high quality silk and brocade
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Magnificent Set of 4 Antique Japanese Silk Needlework Framed Panels, circa 1890
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of four hand needlework silk panels in black lacquered frames. The panels with a black silk
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Large Contemporary Japanese Black Yellow Framed Silk Brocade Oshie Art Work
Located in Takarazuka, JP
brocade and silk fabrics. A sophisticated technique is used to transform highest quality kimono fabrics
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Four Panel Lotus Flower Painting on Silk, Signed, 20th Century
Located in Hamburg, PA
A beautiful Asian 4-panel screen with white lotus flowers, gold decoration, and mountains on silk
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Japanese Antique Hand Painted Silk Scroll "Red Crane" With Signed Box
Located in South Burlington, VT
worthy of your favorite room and serious consideration. Hand painting on silk in simple classic
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Japanese Asian Large Mejia Framed Embroidered Silk Wall Tapestry with Cranes
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly magnificent piece in both design and scale. Very wonderful and quite beautiful to behold. The piece features two wild cranes or egrets in their natural habitat and is very we...
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Lovely 19th Century Silk Paintings Japan Artist Signed Sea Landscape fog Boats
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
frame: 740 x 545mm. Period 19th century Edo Period (1603–1867) Meiji Periode (1867-1912).
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Japanese Samurai Battling Tengu Embroidered Tapestry, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Meiji tapestry of silk, wool and gold thread depicting samurai battling tengu, 19th century
Wool, Silk, Wood
Sold|$3,100
Pair of Antique Japanese Andons
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of antique Japanese Andons, Meiji period (1868-1912) andons with wood and silk shades and a
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Lovely Early 20th Century Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Landscape Pair
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Pair of hanging scrolls "Enoshima" silk color Zaimei (Kiyoshi) hanging scroll with box State is
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Japan Bronze Samurai Horse Bell , 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
. It comes complete with an added blue silk multi strand cord. Several of these might adorn a Samurai's
Bronze
Lovely 20th Century Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Naruto Whirlpools
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Hanging scroll - Awa Naruto Whirlpools view - silk colored Zaimei The Naruto whirlpools
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Sold|$6,500
Large Japanese Embroidery Textile Tapestry
Located in Atlanta, GA
Thread of silk and gold, ornamental textile from Meiji Japan by Ashmolean. The textile image within the
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Korean Six-Panel Screen of Legendary Chinese Figures
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Meiji period Korean six-panel screen depicting legendary Chinese figures on individual panels with
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Lovely Early 20th Century Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Hawk in Snow
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Hawk in the snow. Good condition Axis ... vertical 191cm horizontal 36.5cm In ... vertical 122cm horizontal 26cm? Differs slightly in size. Please consent. I do not know th...
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Kunii Oyo ‘Carp under Netting’ 1894, Framed Japanese Panel
By Kunii Oyo 1
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kunii Oyo (1868-1923) ‘Carp under netting’ 1894 Framed panel, ink and gold on silk
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Kano Ansen Takanobu, Flowers and Birds, Japanese Scroll Painting
By Kano Ansen Takanobu 1
Located in Kyoto, JP
, ink and color on silk Inscription: “Matsushita……..Ansen 80 years of age” Upper seal: Kano Shi
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Pair of Japanese Style Painting of Herons and Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning pair of paintings made in the Japanese Meiji period style. Featuring white herons and a
Silk, Glass, Wood
Sold|$12,500
Japanese Four-Panel Screen Water Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese four-panel screen: Water landscape, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a waterfall on
Silver Leaf
Japanese Scroll Painting, 19th Century Nachi Waterfall by Sugitani Sessho
Located in Kyoto, JP
color on silk Dimensions: Scroll H 241 cm x W 111 cm Image H 168 cm x W 95 cm Nachi Falls is
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Japanese Four-Panel Flowers of Autumn Byobu Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
pigments on paper made in the Nihonga school style 20th century. Set in a lacquered frame with a silk
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Japanese Antique Tea Ceremony Scroll Peony Flower & Bird
Located in South Burlington, VT
room Hand-painting on silk in simple soft pleasing color, signed. Inscription: Peony Flower: peony
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Japanese Contemporary Framed Orange Green Brocade Hand-Crafted Decorative Art, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
born of the reluctance of ladies of the court to discard the magnificent silk kimonos and brocaded obi
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Japanese Silk Thread Wood Winder Complete with Spool and Functioning Gears
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Prefecture), Hanishina Gun, Sawaki-Machi. Late Edo to early Meiji Period. Silk thread wood winder complete
Wood, Hardwood
Japanese Four-Panel Screen Winter Pine with Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
silver metallic silk ground emphasize the winter scene. Signed with a seal on the right side. Set in an
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Japanese Four-Panel Byobu Screen of Irises on Gilt
Located in Rio Vista, CA
a silk brocade border.
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Japanese Four-Panel Byobu Gilt Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
an ebonized wood frame with a silk brocade border. Measures over 60" tall.
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Doll Heads '4', Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
heads carved from wood with silk hair and a gofun finish. They each have inset glass eyes and the right
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Japanese Six-Panel Byobu Screen Spring Floral and Fauna
Located in Rio Vista, CA
leaf squares. This late Meiji period screen is colorful and showcases the intricate details of birds
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four-Panel Byobu Screen of Quail in Grass
Located in Rio Vista, CA
with a gold silk brocade border. Diminutive size from an estate in San Francisco, CA.
Gold Leaf, Brass
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Persimmon Tree with Birds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
mounted in a lacquered frame with a silk brocade border. From a large estate in Napa, CA.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four Panel Screen Peacock and Flowering Magnolia
Located in Rio Vista, CA
with a seal. Set in a black lacquered wood frame with a silk brocade border. The dramatic gilt
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Japanese Four-Panel Byobu Screen Sakura Cherry Blossom Tree
Located in Rio Vista, CA
contrasted further by the delicate red and white blossoms. Set with a silk border in a wooden frame. Signed
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Japanese Six-Panel Screen Snowscape after Maruyama Okyo
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Japanese six-panel Meiji period screen depicting a serene snowscape mountain scene. Ink
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Japanese Showa Period Floral Foliate Four-Panel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
left side and set in an ebonized frame with a dark silk brocade border. The painting was made to look
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Japanese Four Panel Screen Gold Leaf Flower Cart
Located in Rio Vista, CA
an ebonized wood frame with a traditional brocade silk border in gold. Signed and sealed on bottom
Gold Leaf, Brass
Japanese Two-Panel Autumn Quail and Flora Gilt Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
silk brocade that matches the color of the quail. Signed and sealed on bottom left and set in an
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four Panel Screen Irises on Silver Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
right. Set in an ebonized wood frame with a gold silk border and thick brass hanging hardware mounted to
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Japanese Signed Two Panel Screen Flowering Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
lacquered frame with gilt accents, and a brocade silk border. Made in the Nihonga school style with
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four-Panel Kano School Manchurian Crane Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese four-panel screen made in the kano school style depicting five Manchurian cranes or red-crowned cranes. Interesting landscape with a setting red sun and vivid blue ...
Silver Leaf, Brass
Antique Japanese Four Panel Byobu Screen: Mandarin Ducks by Snowy Pond in Early
Located in Sheridan, CO
by pond's edge. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border. Oil on silk four panel screen
Metal, Gold Leaf
Japanese Four-Panel Rimpa Screen Floral Autumn Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Magnificent Japanese four-panel 19th century Meiji screen. Made in the Rimpa School style depicting
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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.