Muromachi Period

A Rare 16th-Century Ko-Bizen Stoneware Jar: A Masterpiece of Muromachi-Period Art This exceptional stoneware jar dates back to the late Muromachi period (16th century), a golden era...

A striking Japanese late Muromachi Period (1333-1573) lacquered and giltwood figure of Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha, seated upon an elaborate carved openwork lotus pedestal, J...

This is a Ko-Tamba (old Tamba) jar, made around the latter half of the 16th century during the Muromachi period. Tamba ware is produced at one of the six great kiln sites of Japan c...

Japanese Wood Sculpture of Amida Nyorai Standing on a Lotus Pedestal Muromachi Period (1336–1573), circa 1450–1500 A remarkable and highly important Japanese carved wood sculpture d...

Weight: 1 lb. 2 oz. (517g.) Muromachi period (1392–1573). Provenance: Estate of Daniel W.

Fragment from an earlier screen from the Muromachi period ( 1336-1573). Appears to have been mounted in the early 20th century into a small furosaki byobu (tea ceremony screen) Miner...

Japanese statue of Datsue-ba also known as Shozuka no Baba, Kamakura- Muromachi period. Antique Japanese statue of Datsue-ba or Shozuka no Baba, Kamakura-Muromachi period, circa 1...

Masterfully painted Muromachi Period (1336-1573) painting, unique in style and strength for the period with very bold lines.

These plates were found in Japan, where Chinese porcelain from the Ming period was highly valued during the Muromachi period (1336–1573).

Losses to fingers and other minor losses otherwise fine condition.  46-1/2” H x 12” D x 15-1/4” W. Muromachi Period (1392-1568).

The piece is likely from the early to mid Edo Period (1603-1868) but perhaps older (Muromachi Period, 1333-1568).

A wonderful, beautifully aged Saotome Tsuba (The Saotome were a well known school of armor makers originating in the late Muromachi Period and working well into the Edo Period) - Jap...

The piece is likely from the early to mid Edo Period (1603-1868) but perhaps older (Muromachi Period).

An example of the ewer dated to the Muromachi Period, 16th century, with similar bronze fittings and different Maki-e decoration is illustrated on page 218-219 of East Asia Lacquer T...

The Tosa school (土佐派,) of Japanese painting was founded in the early Muromachi period (14th–15th centuries), and was devoted to yamato-e, paintings specializing in subject matter and...

In a classic manner of Suiboku school of the Muramachi period, this painting was painted by a follower of Sesson Shukei (1504-1589), one of the most well-known Japanese Zen monks and...

Inlaid glass or crystal eyes are also a beautiful period correct artistic touch. We are listing as the late Edo period (1603-1868) / early Meiji period (1868-1912) but similar scu...

Historic Japanese antique precious temple garden stone pagoda finial , 16th/17th century Important ancient stone relic Authentic Japanese Buddhist Stone Gorintō Finial (Five-Rin...

Kyōgen originated in the 14th century and was refined during the Muromachi period (1336–1573). It shares roots with sarugaku, an earlier performance style, and has been passed down t...

The piece on offer here is of Japanese origin and dated to Edo period (circa 17-18th century), possibly older to 16th century of Momoyama or Muromachi period.

This hanging Buddha is believed to date from the 14th to 16th centuries. It is from the Muromachi period, which is older than the Edo period.

This god in Japan is an old god who has existed since the end of the Muromachi period (16th century) as one of the seven gods who bestow happiness.

Initially studying under Takada Keiho of the prominent Kanō School, which drew upon Chinese techniques and subject matters, Shōhaku later departed that artistic style and instead dis...

They have been mentioned in poems and literature since early times such as Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters, a collection of myths compiled in 712), Manyōshū, (Collection of Ten Th...

This piece was fired during the Muromachi period (c. 1400-1500), predating the Edo period and truly retaining the charm of old Bizen.

A Rare and Early Pair of Carved Wood 'baku' Architectural Elements, 14th-16th Century, Japan, late Kamakura (1185-1333) to Muromachi period (1336-1573) The architectural supports, ...

This profoundly moving, hand-carved wooden sculpture of Jizzo Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva) is an exceptional masterpiece dating from the late Muromachi to early Edo period (16th...

With Ashai, water reeds, and a pair of Pines, growing from a sandy wave washed beach, suhama, vestigial elements of earlier Horai-zu patterns of the Muromachi period. The double trun...

This is an old Shigaraki (Ko-Shigaraki) jar, believed to have been made between the late Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods — that is, from the 1500s to the early 1600s. Shigarak...

There is a theory that this mask was created during the Muromachi period, but the details of its origin remain unclear.

There is a theory that this mask was created during the Muromachi period, but the details of its origin remain unclear.

There is a theory that this mask was created during the Muromachi period, but the details of its origin remain unclear.

The Oshi-E (also known as kiritori zaiku) is a type of ornamental textile art dated back to the Muromachi period (1392-1573). It started among the elite aristocratic women in Kyoto b...

This Muromachi period (14th-16th century) wooden Buddhist statue is a deeply spiritual masterpiece that embodies the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi in its purest, most literal form.

The current form of the mokugyō was established in Japan as early as the Muromachi period (1336–1573), but its fully religious use only became firmly established from the Edo period ...

The Oshi-E (also known as kiritori zaiku) is a type of ornamental textile art dated back to the Muromachi period (1392-1573). It started among the elite aristocratic women in Kyoto b...

Clematis is considered to have first arrived in Japan during the mid-Muromachi period (1336-1573). From the Momoyama period (1573-1610) onwards, representations of clematis were main...

This is a Shigaraki ware jar made in Japan during the late Muromachi period (around the 16th century). Shigaraki ware is known as one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan and has been ...

It is believed to date back to the Muromachi period (14th–16th century) and has quietly existed alongside people’s prayers for centuries.

Yamato-e originated from interest in reproducing early Tang dynasty paintings, and was later reinvented and further refined to fit Japanese cultural perceptions in the late Heian per...

In Japan, starting in the Muromachi period (1336-1573), they were regarded by many scholars as the incarnations of Manjusri (Monju) and Samantabadhra (Fugen) and became a very popula...

The Kano school was one of the most influential and longest-lasting artistic traditions in Japan, active primarily from the Muromachi period (1336–1573) to the early Edo period (1603...

Although the first significant trade relations between Japan and China date back to the 7th century, under the Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) dynasties, it was not until the Muroma...

This vase was fired from the end of the Muromachi period to the Momoyama period, and is characterized by its rounded, soft form and expressive clay surface.

This rare Buddhist ritual ghanta handbell dates to the Muromachi–Momoyama period (15th–16th century) and represents an important ritual implement of Esoteric Buddhism (Vajrayāna).

GeographicusGeographicus As the seventh generation of the Okubo Chokin-Hara family lineage tracing back to the Muromachi period, Hara carries within his work the accumulated heritage...

Paintings of plum trees originated in Song and Yuan dynasty China, later arriving in Japan during the Muromachi period through traveling Zen monks. By the Edo period, the subject had...

The Kano School dominated the centre of the Japanese art scene from the middle of the Muromachi period (1392-1573) to the end of Edo period (1603-1867).

The earliest and most renowned surviving example of a pair of screens depicting pine trees, the ocean and boats dates to the Muromachi period, 15th century. These are an Important Cu...

This piece is an Iga ware jar fired around the 16th century, during the late Muromachi period to the Momoyama period. Iga ware is pottery produced in the Iga region of Mie Prefectur...

This trend accelerated from the 15th century, during the Muromachi period (1336–1573): the end of the rule of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408) saw Japan open to trade with ...

This trend accelerated from the 15th century, during the Muromachi period (1336–1573): the end of the rule of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408) saw Japan open to trade with ...

According to the tale, an Ashikaga shogun of the Muromachi period was on his way to the Kyoto temple of Tenryūji when one of his vassals accidentally dropped his master's fan into th...

This profoundly serene Japanese Buddhist sculpture, depicting a seated Jizo Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha) or a Buddhist monk, dates from the late Muromachi to the early Edo period (16th to ...

An exceptional and extremely rare early Japanese “Baby Buddha” (Shaka Nyorai at Birth) sculpture, carved in wood and dating to the pre-Edo period (likely late Muromachi to Momoyama e...

The name 風呂に敷く, “furo ni shiku” (spread in the bath) was coined in the Muromachi (1336-1573) period, before becoming widespread in the Edo period (1603-1868).

, “furo ni shiku” (spread in the bath) was coined in the Muromachi (1336-1573) period, before becoming widespread in the Edo period (1603-1868).