The Zen Effect
A dichotomy of modern minimalism and ancient traditions, Japanese and Japanese-inspired design is dedicated to purposeful living.
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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
$712 / item
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
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
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 Glas Italia, Tokujin Yoshioka
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
On Hold
$32,000 / set
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
$16,000
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 Kartell, Tokujin Yoshioka
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
$36,000 / item
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
$3,815 Sale Price
30% Off
"Tokyo-Pop" White or Black Monobloc Daybed Designed by T. Yoshioka for Driade
By Tokujin Yoshioka, Driade
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
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
$17,094 / item
"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
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
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
$5,440 Sale Price / item
20% Off
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
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
$1,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Japanese Meiji Imari Porcelain Plate with Enamel Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese porcelain platter decorated with over glaze enamels featuring three ladies in the garden among the rock grottoes, a cherry tree in blossom, a half-hidden banana tree and peonies. The ladies were pictured as holding various item, a fly...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique 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
On Hold
$913
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
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Kenji Fujita for Freeman Lederman Tackett Salt and Pepper Shakers Japan
By Freeman Lederman, Kenji Fujita
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
$350 Sale Price / set
53% Off
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
$2,468 Sale Price
35% Off
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 Memphis Group, Shiro Kuramata
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
Pair of Black Lacquer Ebonized and Inlaid Wood Organic End Tables
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of black lacquer ebonized and inlaid wood organic end tables. Also great as nightstands.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Green Lacquer Side Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Used for tea ceremony
hunter green with red accents.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Lacquer
$2,500
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 & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Metal
Japanese Lacquer Coffee Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Lacquer
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 & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Porcelain
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Meiji Articulated Bronze Crab
Located in Essex, MA
Darker brown patina with fully articulated body. Purchased in London by previous owner.
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Bronze
1960s Japanese "Sing Sing" Steel Mesh Armchair by Shiro Kuramata
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Queens, NY
Designed by Shiro Kuramata, 1960s Japanese steel wire mesh "Sing Sing" armchair with roll form back and front to seat supported on a chrome tubular frame.
Category
1960s Japanese Modern Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Steel
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 & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Enamel
Isamu Kenmochi Sofa
By Isamu Kenmochi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Isamu Kenmochi rosewood and leather sofa, for Tendo Mokko, 1967.
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
$8,250
Light Blue Gray Gold Modern Abstract Hand Knotted Rug
By Woven Concepts
Located in New York, NY
The UnTitled collection was designed by Jaime Derringer: artist, blogger, and founder of Design Milk. Jaime’s intuitive and fluid brushstrokes are reminiscent of Japanese Shodo calligraphy...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wool, Silk
Stylish Japanese "Flambé" Ceramic Vase
Located in Montreal, QC
Studio pottery Japanese “Flambé” glazed ceramic vase.
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Ceramic
Schwarzwald Stool Satoshi Itasaka
By Satoshi Itasaka
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Stool coated with rust.
This work expresses the warning about environmental threats.
Artist tells that
"There once existed a dense forest with abundant trees in Schwarzwald, Germ...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Cut Steel
Light Blue with Navy Post Modern Hand-Knotted Wool Rug in Japanese Design
By Woven Concepts
Located in New York, NY
The UnTitled collection was designed by Jaime Derringer: artist, blogger, and founder of Design Milk. Jaime’s intuitive and fluid brushstrokes are reminiscent of Japanese Shodo calligraphy. The collection is free of spacial limitations, reaching beyond conceptual expectations of space and style. The designs are imagined to spill beyond the border or “coloring lines” of the rugs.
Woven Concepts’ use of a symmetrical weave to innovate texture was likewise the outcome of an experimental product development process. Much like Zen calligraphy...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wool
Mid-Century Modern Black Lacquer Low Japanese Stool with Gold Leaf Accents
Located in San Diego, CA
1950s solid black lacquer wood and gold leaf accents low stool/table, stamped made in Japan solid construction with a polished finish that shows natural wear age soft scratches, a co...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$375 Sale Price
21% Off
Japanese Porcelain Dragon Glazed Vase Mazuku Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A porcelain vase with dragon motif by Japanese imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916), circa 1900s. The vase is made in what is considered early phase of his underglaze period during late Meiji era. In a classic elongated baluster form, the surface of the vase was decorated in an unusual pink mist on a white and aubergine background (called Morotai, the Hazy style), on which a flying dragon is showcased on the center. The dragon was outlined in iron red and filled with the aubergine color and was artistically emphasized on its bulging eyes, claws, scales and a long tail. It was the sole focus of the design circumventing the entire body of the vase. The imagery calls in mind the dragon decoration found in Korean...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Porcelain
Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zogei Furniture Sculptural Child Chair Tribal Glamping
By Zougei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Because a bus passed
Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture
Material: Yoshino cherry
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of wood used for Ni...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wood
Inui Saburo Coffee Table for Tendo Mokko, Circa 1960s
By Saburo Inui
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Stunning coffee table in bent zelkova wood, designed by Saburo Inui, manufactured by Tendo Mokko in Japan in the 1960s. This beautiful table is a very representative piece for Japane...
Category
1960s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Bentwood
C603 Bar Stool, New Éditon
By Yuzuru Yamakawa 1, Feelgood design
Located in Courbevoie, FR
The C603 bar stool is a variation of the C603 Chair by the Japanese designer Yuzuru Yamakawa designed in 1958. A true icon of design, it has been reissued s...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Rattan
$890 / item
Japanese Low Coffee Table
By Gumps
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage Japanese coffee table in the style of 19th century Japanese 'Wakasa' tables. Made by Gumps, San Francisco 1960s. 'Oxblood' color ...
Category
1960s American Anglo-Japanese Vintage Japanese & Japanese-Inspired Design
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$12,500
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