Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
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A dichotomy of modern minimalism and ancient traditions, Japanese and Japanese-inspired design is dedicated to purposeful living.
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Japanese Beauties Enjoy a Full Moon
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Burbank, CA
"Sun, Moon and Stars". Three beauties enjoy a full moon on the veranda of a teahouse or restuarant. The woman on the left kneels and adjusts her lavishly printed kimono. The beauty in the center has her hair down, and behind her is a screen against which shadows are beautifully silhouetted, which adds an air of mystery. The seated woman on the right is perhaps a geisha, as we see a shamisen lying next to her. Before her is a tray with an assortment of foods. One may surmise that the beauties are being compared to the sun, the moon, and the stars. On the left we glimpse a full moon shining over the peaceful bay, and boats at harbor. Original first edition Japanese color woodblock print triptych...
Category
1840s Edo Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Japanese Wakasa Lacquer Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Wakasa lacquer table with coral quince design.
Signature not readable.
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Lacquer
"Accumulated Roads" Mosaic by Toyoharu Kii
By Toyoharu Kii
Located in Chicago, IL
In the mosaic “Accumulated Roads,” Toyoharu Kii describes the futility of man’s attempts to traverse and tame nature. The work portrays a tangle of once carefully aligned tesserea pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Organic Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Marble
C603 Chair by Yuzuru Yamakawa, New Edition
By Yuzuru Yamakawa 1, Feelgood design
Located in Courbevoie, FR
The C603 chair by Japanese designer Yuzuru Yamakawa, designed in the 1960s but still in tune with today's design and comfort requirements. The C603 chair in...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Steel
Small Japanese Lacquer Duck Incense Box, Kogo, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An exquisite Japanese Meiji Period small lacquer incense box, kogo, in the form of a duck or goose, late 19th century, Japan.
The delicate lacquer box, known as a kogo in Japanese, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Lacquer
2-Panel Black Lacquer Screen with Cream Pear by Robert Kuo, Handmade, Limited
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
2-panel screen
Black lacquer
Cream lacquer
Hand repousse
Copper base
Limited edition
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the...
Category
2010s Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Copper
Edo Landscape Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Houston, TX
Edo Meisho woodblock print of a famous Japanese coastal dock. This woodblock is most likely apart of the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo." The woodblock print is printed on r...
Category
1850s Edo Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Woodcut
Japanese Meiji Riverside Scroll Painting, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Although western painting was initially embraced during Japan’s Meiji period (1868-1912), artists brought on a revival of traditional painting styles as they sought to create a modern Japanese style with roots in the past. This exquisite hanging scroll demonstrates the preference for soft layering of gray tones with judicious use of color. The landscape is rendered in soft ink washes that subtly distinguish between water, mountain, and sky. The scroll painting...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Paper
Foscarini Kurage Table Lamp in White by Nendo and Luca Nichetto
By Luca Nichetto, Nendo, Foscarini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The 3D washi paper diffuser simply rested on a transparent structure, designed to ensure it is shadow free; white ceramic lamp holder, natural ashwood frame, switch on the electric c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Fiberglass
Biensennyo-ko Japanese Woodblock Print
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Houston, TX
Japanese Woodblock print of a Biensennyo-ko a powder face women. Behind the women is a framed cityscape. The print is possibly from the series "Eight Favorite Things in the Modern World". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper. The print is not framed.
Artist Biography: Keisai Eisen...
Category
Early 1800s Edo Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Woodcut
Japanese Imari Charger, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A nicely decorated Japanese Meiji Period Imari charger, late 19th century, Japan.
The porcelain charger featuring a design of a hoho bird, or phoenix, per...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Enamel
Glas Italia Prism Partition
By Tokujin Yoshioka, Glas Italia
Located in Vancouver, BC
Screen in 8 mm. thick extra light glass, hand-curved and silvered. The corners are smoothed, whilst the vertical and the upper side are embellished with transparent edges with a larg...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Mirror
Pair of Japanese Edo Period Six-Panel Screen, "100 Boys at Play"
Located in Austin, TX
An absolutely charming pair of Japanese Tosa School six-panel folding screens painted with the "One Hundred Boys at Play" motif, featuring a multitude...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Gold Leaf
E. W. Godwin, Attri An Anglo-Japanese Four-Fold Screen With Japanese Silk Scenes
By Edward William Godwin
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (attributed), a walnut four-fold screen, bevel glazed, with woven silk and velvet panels. This incorporates many design details of Godwin's Anglo-Japanese works...
Category
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Walnut
HAL2 Chair Shiro Kuramata
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
HAL2 chair designed by Shiro Kuramata for Cassina Inderdecor in 1987.
Vinyl seat and expand metal back.
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Metal, Steel
Kartell Planet Stand Lamp in Fume by Tokujin Yoshioka
By Tokujin Yoshioka, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Planet stand lamp in fume. Its special feature is the shape of its slightly elliptical diffuser. Its transparent surface, which is many-sided both inside and out, creates a rich tape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Aluminum
Kartell Invisible Side Table in Crystal by Tokujin Yoshioka
By Tokujin Yoshioka, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A piece of clean, linear, minimal design, the aesthetic synthesis of the designer's Japanese culture. Invisible Side is a light and elegant multi-functional product which can be easi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Plastic
Japanese Contemporary Black Blue Red Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Mesmerizing Japanese contemporary museum-quality decorative porcelain vase, painstakingly intricately hand painted in black, blue and red Set against a stunning globular background i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Porcelain
Handcrafted Wallscape with Silk Foliage by OPIARY
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Opiary is a Brooklyn-based biophilic design and production studio. We integrate nature in each of our designs, incorporating live greenery and organic shapes into bespoke furniture, planters, and sculpture. Through the ethos of biophilia, our work reflects the shifting, yet timeless relationship between humans and nature.
This green wall is inspired by the design logic of the natural world and traditional Japanese zen gardens. The piece is a composition of light grey GFRC and silk foliage; the high-quality silk foliage requires no water system and is maintenance-free.
DETAILS
The wall is curved and measures 17 ft across, 10 ft tall, and 3 ft deep.
Indoor/outdoor use and weather-resistant.
MODIFICATIONS
Custom size & design available upon request and designed to fit any space.
Available in earth, white, light grey, grey, dark grey, and black GFRC
The silk plants...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Cement
Kuramata Side 1 Furniture in Irregular Form 1989
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in London, GB
A Kuramata side 1 eighteen drawers cabinet in cherrywood.
Shiro Kuramata was a Japanese designer from 1965 when he founded the Kuramata Design Office in Tokyo...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wool
Japanese Red and Black Lacquer Maki-e Decorated Presentation Tray, dated 1917
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese red and black maki-e lacquer presentation tray with original tomobako storage box, Taisho period, dated 1917, Japan.
The large prese...
Category
1910s Japanese Taisho Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Gold
Japanese Gold Red Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese hand painted decorative porcelain vase, a signed piece by highly respected award-winning Japanese master porcelain artist in the Imari-Arita style. In...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Gold
"Tokyo-Pop" White or Black Monobloc Daybed Designed by T. Yoshioka for Driade
By Driade, Tokujin Yoshioka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tokyo-Pop" is a white or black anthracite polyethylene monobloc iconic daybed, designed by Tokujin Yoshioka and manufactured by Driade.
White version ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Plastic
"From a Japanese collection he chose a design "
By William Tillyer
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
"from a collection of Japanese Art he selected a drawing"
1974/2018
Intaglio on zinc plate on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 65.5 x 48.5 cms (25 5/8 x 19 ins...
Category
2010s Contemporary Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Etching
ClassiCon Folding Screen in Red by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
The high-tech look that arose in the 1980s and which is still potentially current had an ingenious predecessor. Over half a century ago, Eileen Gray anticipated the cool Industrial a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wood
Traditional Japanese Geisha (Kiba II)
By Tatsumi Shimura
Located in Burbank, CA
A beautiful Japanese geisha dressed in a traditional robe shyly claps her hands together. She stands in front of a backdrop of a bamboo screen. This print...
Category
Early 2000s Showa Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Giclée
Three Old Men/Japanese Fukusa
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Japanese Fukusa
Silk embroidery and gold thread
Category
17th Century Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Silk
"Koishi" Stone Shaped Ottoman Designed by Naoto Fukasawa for Driade
By Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Koishi" is a stone shaped ottoman, designed by Naoto Fukasawa and manufactured by Driade, featuring a painted fiberglass structure available in four different colors: white, anthrac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Fiberglass
Peonies in a Japanese Vase
By James Aponovich
Located in Lincoln, MA
Aponovich paints complex still life compositions, with a strong undercurrent of surrealism pervading the work. His exquisite paintings are distinguished by their geometry, proportion...
Category
2010s Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Scandinavian Contemporary Haiku Shelf, Oakwood, Ashwood or Black
By Lukas Dahlén
Located in Visby, SE
Haiku shelf in Scandinavian contemporary style is made in solid wood with modern cns-technique and traditional craftsmanship to manifest a product with est...
Category
2010s Swedish Minimalist Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Ash
Custom Modern White Lacquered Sideboard Buffet with Glass Features
By Carrocel
Located in North York, ON
Custom modern white lacquered sideboard buffet with glass features. Sleek custom design by Carrocel, handcrafted in Toronto Canada. Fi...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Metal
Rows of Trees at Wood Stanway
By Jessica Leighton
Located in Deddington, GB
Jessica Leighton.
Rows of Trees at Wood Stanway – Acrylic landscape painting in mixed media of the hamlet where Jessica grew up in Wood Stanway, Gloucest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Mixed Media
Beauties under a Maple Tree Japanese Woodblock Print
By Torii Kiyonaga
Located in Houston, TX
Three Beauties under a maple tree from the series "A Contest of Fashionable Beauties of the Gay Quarters". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper....
Category
1780s Edo Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Woodcut
Japanese Woodblock - Street Scene
Located in Houston, TX
Lively Japanese woodblock print featuring street life. Ink on paper, circa 1860.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold ...
Category
1860s Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Paul Jacoulet Le Marie Seoul, Corée, Woodblock Print, 1950
By Paul Jacoulet
Located in Austin, TX
Paul Jacoulet ( France, Japan 1902 - 1960 )
Title: La Mariée Seoul, Corée
Medium: Woodblock Print
Size: 15.5 in. x 12 in.
Movemen...
Category
1950s Showa Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Contemporary Shelving Room Divider "Paso" in Walnut by Casey Lurie USA
By Casey Lurie
Located in Chicago, IL
Paso shelving was designed to embody simplicity and harmony through the use of rhythmical geometries and warm natural materials. Alternating ladder-like shelves create discrete sections which are ideal for displaying favorite books and objects. This understated design lends itself to any space, and can be produced in mirrored pairs for added spatial symmetry. Entirely made by hand in ecologically sourced American black walnut using...
Category
2010s North American Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wood
Japanese Contemporary Silk Red Black Cream Hand-Crafted Two Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono Japanese decorative art in crimson red, cream and gold o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Gold
Carabottino cabinet, in canaletto walnut, by Cara Davide for Medulum
By Cara e Davide
Located in Meolo, Venezia
Carabottino is a collection made of a clever play of textures and
transparencies, that makes these objects the centerpiece of any environment. A
storage unit, a mirror or a table that establishes a dialogue between inside and
outside.
A wooden grating in a two-dimensional form traditionally made with wooden
slats, carabottino is considered to be an accessory element of relative
importance, similar to window and door...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Japanese Beauty Admiring Kirifuri Waterfall
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in Burbank, CA
A beauty turns to admire the Kirifuri Waterfall in Nikko Province. She holds the handle of an umbrella and wears fashionable clothing that is beautifully printed. This series pairs f...
Category
1890s Edo Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Kenji Fujita Ceramic on Oak Jar Box Japanese Studio Craft Tea Caddy Tobacco
By Kenji Fujita
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Tottori Japan, c.1950s
Turned Oak Tea Caddy with Ceramic Inlay by ceramicist Kenji Fujita.
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wood
Japanese Porcelain Plate
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Japanese porcelain plate circa 1930s-1940s. Decorated with over glaze featuring three ladies in waiting. In the garden, the rock grottoes, a cherry tree in blossom, a half hidden banana tree and a few peeking peonies, suggest a subtropical scenery. The ladies were pictured as holding various item, a fly...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Ceramic
Organic three-seat Sofa with Two Armchairs, Japan 1965
By George Nakashima
Located in Den Haag, NL
Japanese organic sofa with two armchairs.
Purchased by the previous owners in Japan in 1965.
Very well crafted wood and spectacular in design.
Measu...
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Dish Anonymous, Japan, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dish anonymous,
Japan. 1960s.
Stoneware.
D: 30.5 cm
H: 5.5 cm
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Stoneware
Mid Century Islands Woodblock
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract woodblock print, artist proof, by K. N. Tsukamoto. Presented in an archival mat. Image, 21.25"H x 16.75"W.
Category
1950s Abstract Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Woodcut
Maharam Pattern Tray Small by Scholten & Baijings
By Scholten & Baijings, Maharam, Karimoku New Standard
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Tray Small by Scholten & Baijings
001 Zest
Oak with blocks textile graphic. Made in Japan by Karimoku new standard.
Scholten & Baijings for Ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Oak
Japanese Screen Painting of Stallions
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Painting of stallions.
Kano school of painting.
Mineral pigments on mulberry paper.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Vases Tall Pair of Japanese 19th Century Black and White Japan
Located in New York, NY
A pair of vases made during the 19th century the in Japan. White background with black details.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Ceramic
Traditional Japanese Oshie Artwork
Located in Austin, TX
Traditional Japanese Oshie Artwork form the 1960's. Signed by artist in lower right corner in Japanese characters. Framed behind glass.
Category
1960s Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Silk
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
By Scholten & Baijings, 1616 / Arita Japan, Maharam
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
003 Zinc
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwasher saf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Porcelain
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
By Scholten & Baijings, 1616 / Arita Japan, Maharam
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Plate by Scholten & Baijings
002 Petal
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Glossy surface with matte underside. Made in Japan by 1616 / arita japan. Dishwasher sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Four Japanese-Influenced Iron Dining Chairs, France, circa 1950s
By Colette Gueden
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Chic and understated set of four dining chairs with a simple iron structure, painted black. The backs feature a simple design of thin horizontal rods. This motif is repeated around t...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
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 & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Indigo Antique Boro Futon Cover or Wall Panel
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare perfect antique collection Japanese Indigo Boro Futon cover : also to use.
The rare antique boros are now valued as pieces of art, therefore they are...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Cotton
Maharam Pattern Porcelain Cup by Scholten & Baijings
By Maharam, 1616 / Arita Japan, Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Porcelain Cup by Scholten & Baijings
002 Petal
Porcelain with Grid textile graphic. Matte exterior with gloss interior. Made in japan by 1616 / arita Japan. Dishwasher safe....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Scroll, Chikubu Shima ‘Chikubu Island’
Located in Hudson, NY
Chikubu is an island in Lake Biwa, Shiga prefecture. This painting depicts a tori gate leading to a temple, and in the background is Kyoto and the Higashiyam...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
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 & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Silver
Japanese Lacquer Hibachi (Brazier)
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Lacquer Hibachi (Brazier), Meiji period (1868 - 1912) Box- shaped Japanese hibachi with mother of pearl inlay, handles on two sides, and a cop...
Category
1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Copper
Memphis Table By Shiro Kuramata Sally Glass Chrome Rolling Table, 1987
By Shiro Kuramata, Memphis Group
Located in Vienna, AT
Round rolling table sally by Shiro Kuramata for Memphis, 1987
Dimensions are 30.31" x 23.35" x 23.35"
Iconic table 'Sally' by Shiro Kuramata, Japan, 1987 for Memphis. Comprised of ...
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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 & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Showa Period Hourglass Form Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Showa period hourglass form patinated vase, circa 1960.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Bronze
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