Japanese Art & Design
Japanese Art & Design
Discover the traditional influences and meticulous craftsmanship of this ancient island nation.
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Kazuo Kadonaga Peeled Wood Log 'Wood No. 5'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese artist Kazuo Kadonaga: peeled wood log, Wood No. 5, 1981, Signed
Provenance: Space Gallery.
Category
1980s Japanese Modern Vintage Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Wood
A Whale, a Unique Semi-Porcelain Textured Ceramic Sculpture by Chisato Yasui
By Chisato Yasui
Located in London, GB
A Whale is a large, unique semi-porcelain textured, natural-toned and stone-like ceramic sculpture by the Japanese artist Chisato Yasui. Monumental ...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculpture 2 Abstract tribal style wild nature glamping
By Hiroyuki Nishimura
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Casa Armenia lake shore.
Sculpture by Hiroyuki Nishimura.
Material camphor tree.
This work is carved with some kinds of chainsaws.
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Wood
Japanese Contemporary Green Red Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Mesmerizing contemporary large Japanese decorative porcelain vase, hand painted in extremely intricate patterns and extensive use of gold on vibrant green and red on a stunning bottle shaped porcelain body. 2016, the British Museum added a work by this artist to its collection of contemporary Japanese porcelain, a large lidded jar in the Imari-Arita polychrome enamel tradition. This is a signature masterpiece from an exclusive collection of highly collectible pieces by widely acclaimed master porcelain artist and recipient of numerous awards for his exceptional porcelain work and unique gold and platinum work on porcelain.
It features the auspicious Mount Fuji and cherry blossom motif. Mount Fuji with its majestic presence is very revered in Japan and is a sacred site in the Shinto religion. It has been designated as a World Heritage site. Since the Edo period (1603-1868) many artists have depicted Mount Fuji in their art, from laquerware and paintings to ukio-e or woodblock print, which was the most popular art form for the middle class in the Edo period. Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Gold
Japanese Wireless Cloisonne Vase
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Japanese wireless cloisonne vase.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Japanese Art & Design
Japanese Porcelain Jardiniere, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese porcelain jardiniere, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Porcelain
Superb Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase
Located in London, by appointment only
A very fine a superb scale Japanese Cloisonné vase, the light blue ground with flowers and floral details. In perfect condition.
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Enamel
Edo Period Bizen Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
Edo period Bizen vase, late Edo period (mid-19th century) ceramic vase from Bizen, one of the six ancient kilns in Japan. Unusual undulating rim, with tradi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Scholar's Object
Located in New York, NY
This natural gourd was sliced at the top, hollowed out, and lacquered in black inside, around the rim, and on the bottom where it was signed by the artisan with Chinese and Japanese ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Shoji Hamada Inspired Bamboo Studio Plate
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage Japanese studio pottery plate decorated with a bamboo design possibly by Shoji Hamada and certainly inspired by him. The wax res...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Pottery
Senape Flower Vase Ettore Sottsass Japanese Urushi Laquer Model A
By Ettore Sottsass, Marutomi
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Senape flower vase designed by Ettore Sottsass for Marutomi. This model is limited Japanese urushi laquer model.
Japanese traditional uru...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Post-Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Plastic
Japanese Glazed Ceramic Vase
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Very unique tall Japanese vase with abstract pattern in a variety of brown tones. The deepest brown glaze is raised, giving the vase a wonderful tac...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic
Large Japanese Porcelain Studio Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
With organic abstract design. Artist signature on the bottom and on original storage box: Hasegawa Isamu. This vase exhibited at the 2nd Nitten in 1970. Hasegawa Isamu was born in 1925 in Kyoto, son of famed porcelain artist Hasegawa Hakuho...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Japanese Art & Design
Japanese Art Nouveau Meiji Period Patinated Bronze Vase, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Although unmarked, this rare and important, grand but at the same exquisite patinated bronze vase has just a very few little details, defying the shape of the handles, as well as the...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Bronze
Green Orange Gold Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Japanese Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Mesmerizing large contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately hand painted in green, orange and gold, a breathtaking masterpiece by highly acclaimed master...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Gold
Patinated Bronze Art Nouveau Vase with Maiden & Floral Design by Francesco Flora
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous patinated bronze art nouveau vase with maiden & floral design by Francesco Flora, circa 1910s. The vase has wonderful detail and is in very go...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Contemporary Gold Green Red Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, intricately hand painted in the artist's unique miniature technique on a elegantly shaped porcelain body in green, blue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Gold
Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Sculpture Fujinuma Noboru
By Fujinuma Noboru
Located in Atlanta, GA
A woven bamboo sculpture in a basket (ikebana) form named "Dragonfly" by Japanese bamboo artist Fujinuma Noboru (b. 1945) circa 2003. Constructed f...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Bamboo
Antique Japanese Lacquered Wood Wabi-Sabi Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
What can we say about this bowl? Perhaps we can start by describing the unique Japanese aesthetic concept of "Wabi-Sabi". In contrast to the western concept of beauty that is centere...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Sculpture Honma Hideaki
By Honma Hideaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bamboo table top sculpture by Japanese bamboo artist Honma Hideaki (b. 1959) made in early 2000s. The basket form sculpture was a creative ikebana and could be used as such or simply as a okimono (decorative piece). The piece is of an unusual oval dish form with the wall irregularly outlined with bent bamboo, thousand-line construction form the upper part of the wall and the patterned twining was added in the lower part to give it a visual shift from airiness to solidity. A large piece of bamboo was selected as the base.
Signed "Hide" underneath. An American Midwest collection.
Honma Hideaki was born in Sado, Niigata prefecture. He studied under Honma Kazuaki...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Bamboo
Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Sculpture Honma Hideaki
By Honma Hideaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
Titled "Cocoon", this wall hanging bamboo sculpture was made by Honma Hideaki (Japanese, b. 1959) in 2005 and originally purchased from Tai Modern, Sata Fe,...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Bamboo
Modern Studio Vase Bizen Ware by Jun Isezaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bottle form vase by Japanese studio ceramic artist Jun Isezaki (Born in 1936). A modern Bizen yaki stoneware piece that is strongly rooted in history and ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Japanese Art Glass Sculptural Vessel by Kyohei Fujita
By Kyohei Fujita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A free standing glass sculpture in an open vessel form by Kyohei Fujita (1921-2004). The striking piece features an organic body with alternative strips of blue, white and transparent strips with gold sparkle inlays. The rim takes a free biomorphic form that resembles bone structure. It is etch signed underneath.
The vessel was made in the earlier period of the artist's career before he dedicated most of his work to the "magical box...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Art Glass
Handcrafted Japanese Art Rock in a Presentation Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Handcrafted Japanese art rock in its original presentation box. A beautifully made simple form. From the La Jolla estate of Mid-Century Modernist landscape architect...
Category
1970s Japanese Organic Modern Vintage Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Natural Fiber
Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art Sculpture Yamaguchi Ryuun
By Ryuun Yamaguchi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and impressive woven bamboo sculpture by Japanese bamboo artist Yamaguchi Ryuun (born 1940-) entitled "Black Wave". The piece was made in 2000 and originally purchased from Tai Modern...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Bamboo
Contemporary vase in white ceramic from the SoShiro Ainu collection
By SoShiro
Located in London, GB
This ceramic table vase from SoShiro’s Ainu collection, a collaboration between award-winning artist Toru Kaizawa and Shiro Muchiri, has an organic incorporated handle for an easy gr...
Category
2010s Italian International Style Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Kaolin
Vertical garden cart of ceramic and beech wood from the SoShiro Ainu collection
By SoShiro
Located in London, GB
The Herbal Wardrobe cart from SoShiro’s Ainu collection, a collaboration between award-winning artist Toru Kaizawa and Shiro Muchiri, was initially imagined with troughs designed to house an arrangement of various sized potted herb plants, to achieve a visual and aromatic effect that evokes the restorative experience of walking through an herb garden. This versatile storage unit is not only a vertical garden planter, but also can serve as a bar, or a decorative shelf unit in any room.
This ceramic and beech wood cart with small locking wheels features three-tiered shelves cast and hand finished in the Veneto region of Italy, renowned for its rich heritage in ceramics. On the white porcelain is a Blakiston’s fish owl...
Category
2010s Italian International Style Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic, Beech
Sculptural Japanese Keyaki Wood Partition in the Style of Nakashima
By George Nakashima
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Japanese keyaki wood partition in the style of Nakashima.
Category
1960s Japanese Organic Modern Vintage Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Hardwood
Large Japanese Yakisugi Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic large Japanese bowl carved of one piece of pine and with a beautiful Yakisugi, or burned wood, finish. Traditionally, a yakisugi finish is a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Organic Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Pine
Large Ceremic Shigaraki Tsubo by Nagaoka Masami
Located in Atlanta, GA
An impressive Shigaraki Tsubo (jar normally for storage) in an archaic form with a bulbous and robust body that opens with a small lipped mouth. Heavil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic
Large Japanese Antique Shigaraki Tsubo Jar
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Japanese stoneware storage jar, known as tsubo from Shigaraki kiln, circa 17th-18th century (early Edo possibly Momoyama period)....
Category
17th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Japanese Wabi-Sabi Sandy-Tan Tilted Asymmetric Porcelain Bud Vase MCM
By Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful asymmetrical footed bud vase reflecting the Wabi-Sabi tenants of intentional acceptance of natural imperfection.
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Burl Wood Dai
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible 19th century Japanese Wabi Sabi burl wood dai with a perfect circular recessed tray, once used to display an object of beauty, but perfect today for catching your keys ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Rustic Antique Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Burl
Hagi Ikebana Vase by Kyusetsu Miwa X Japanese Studio Pottery
By Kyusetsu Miwa X
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stoneware vase with white dripping glaze from Hagi by Kyusetsu Miwa X (1895-1981), Showa Period. The vase is in the shape of "Double Gourd" with a bulbous ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic
Parana Ceramic Fruit Bowl, by Masanori Umeda from Memphis Milano
By Memphis Milano, Masanori Umeda, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Trigonal ceramic fruit bowl in pastel colors was originally designed by Masanori Umeda in 1983 for Memphis Milano.
Was born in 1941 at Kanagawa in Japan. He obtained his diploma fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Ceramic
Stylish Showa Period Cloisonné Enamel Beaker Vase by Ando
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A stylish Showa period cloisonné enamel beaker vase by Ando, with a single pink orchid on a mat black ground, with the Ando wire mark in the base and assay stamped silver mounts. Ja...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Metal
Jungin 'Pure Silver' Thumbprint Vase for Mitsukoshi
Located in Stamford, CT
A hand-hammered Jungin (pure Silver) vase with thumb print pattern. Mitsukoshi and Jungin stamps. With signed box.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Silver
1950s Kenji Fujita for Tackett Associates Cane Handled Teapot Water Pitcher Vase
By Kenji Fujita
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful white porcelain hourglass pitcher, original rattan handle is in good usable condition, porcelain has no chips, and no cracks. Top rim diameter is 5 3/4.
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Porcelain
Kenji Fujita for Freeman Lederman Tackett Salt and Pepper Shakers Japan
By Kenji Fujita, Freeman Lederman
Located in Ferndale, MI
Kenji Fujita design salt and pepper shakers. Pepper in matte black, salt in gloss white glaze. Student of Lagardo Tackett of Architectural Pottery . This set designed for Freeman Le...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Bronze Vase with Butterfly Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Taisho period bronze with butterfly design and handles with wheat design.
Signature on base reads: Akijo.
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Porcelain Charger with Fish Theme
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji period large porcelain charger with fish theme and decorative border. The piece was likely made during the Meiji Period. In gre...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Art & Design
Materials
Porcelain
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