About Japanese Antique Store
Japanese Antique Store is stablished in 1996 in the vibrant city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and we take pride in directly importing exquisite art objects from Japan. Several times a year, we travel through Japan, exploring auctions, shows, dealers, and collectors. We handpick each piece with meticulous care, ensuring that every item in our collection reflects the rich heritage and beauty of Japanese culture. Nestled in a historic area along the enchanting Prinsengracht-canal, our gallery offers a captivating experience. Step into our renovated space, where you'll e...Read More
Featured Pieces
Japanese lacquered 5-tiered jûbako 重箱 (picnic box) with banana leaf design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Elegant lacquered tiered jûbako (picnic box) comprising five stackable tiers, two covers, and a raised tray. Each bearing an attractive deep chestnut brown ground and lacquered in ta...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Japanese Antique Gifu chôba’dansu 帳場箪笥 (merchant's document cabinet)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Amazing wooden Gifu chôba’dansu (merchant's document cabinet) with sturdy iron hardware and a well-hidden secret compartment. Fully restored, cleaned and w...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese black lacquered sword stand 刀掛け (katana’kake) with raden inlay
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Charming black lacquered wooden sword stand (katana’kake), designed for 3 swords, encrusted with beautiful shiny blue/purple mother-of-pearl (raden).
Presenting a stylized depiction...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Pair of large dark brown patinated bronze Japanese lanterns 灯籠 (tôrô)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of amazing, large dark brown patinated bronze Japanese electrified lanterns (tôrô). The pagoda-shaped top crowned by a hôju (sacred jewel...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Japanese Bronze Okimono of a 'Karasu Tengu' 鴉天狗 Holding Up a Flower Branch
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Very refined Japanese bronze okimono of a ‘karasu tengu’ holding a candlestick.
Well cast as a tengu in half-human, half-bird form standing atop a pile of leaves on a rounded square...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Signed Japanese Edo suji’bachi kabuto (helmet) with a moon & cloud maedate
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An antique, outstanding signed suji’bachi kabuto (helmet with ridges) surmounted by a gilt metal maedate (forecrest) shaped like a full moon emerging from the clouds heightened by a ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Metal, Iron
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Fascinating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a detailed genre painting on goldish silver leaf with different scenes of people at work in a rural mountain village during th...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Rare, Japanese Kyûshû 九州 ishô’dansu 衣装箪笥 (chest of drawers)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Rare and richly adorned wooden Kyûshû ishô'dansu (cabinet of drawers) in a single section, on a plinth.
Fully restored, cleaned and waxed.
The drawer faces are made of indigenous k...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large Japanese 2-Panel Byôbu 屏風 'Room Divider' with Painting of Bamboo & a Poem
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Beautiful, large two-panel byôbu (room divider) with a serene painting of red-leaved bamboo and rocks on an oxidized silver leaf background. Silver leaf continuously undergoes the process of oxidation, which creates a beautiful aged patina.
On the left an inscription from a ‘Zekku’ poem by the Chinese poet Yang Zai (1271?1323), titled: Shan shang zhu (bamboo (painted) on a fan).
Translated as :
Why would people plant a lot of bamboos?
The shade of a single culm is also beautiful.
In the autumn night it rocks on the wind,
And the fresh sound echoes in my dream.
Dated: Shôwa, the year kôshin (1938). Signature unknown...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Other, Silver Leaf
Japanese black lacquer bajô jingasa 馬上陣笠 (samurai hat) with family crest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Exquisite black lacquer bajô jingasa (horseback samurai hat) with a dark golden lacquer crest depicting bamboo leaves in a geometrical array.
The surface ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Copper
Japanese Edo-period gosho’ningyô 御所人形 (palace doll) of plump, seated child
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A charming gosho’ningyô (palace doll) of plump, seated child with a brilliant white skin and a small delicately elegant face, reminiscent of a young noble. The doll is playfully rais...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Paste, Silk, Paint
Very large Japanese bronze 4-tiered trumpet vase with intricate wave design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Remarkable and very large bronze 4-tiered trumpet vase intricately designed with a motif of tumultuous waves.
It’s crafted to give the impression that the trumpet-shaped chalice, is ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
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