Naga Antiques

Dating to circa 1880, this Japanese two-panel screen presents an idealized mountain landscape inspired by the classical Chinese painting tradition, a style long embraced by Japanese ...

Circa 1900, this elegant two-panel screen depicts a white peacock displaying its magnificent plumage before a white peahen, capturing a quiet moment of courtship. Executed in mineral...

Circa 1935, this tranquil two-panel screen by Kyoto painter Oyabu Shunkō (born 1901) captures the quiet emergence of early spring through a grove of slender birch trees. Delicate blo...

A striking Japanese mid-century two-panel lacquer screen depicting layered mountain silhouettes reflected across still water beneath a glowing sunrise. Rich lacquer pigments create r...

A snowy bamboo and flowering plum tree and pheasant flowing into a spring landscape of spring flowers and waterfowl. Mineral pigments and gold dust on gold leaf with silk brocade bor...

Landscape with summer flowers and waterfall with a family of pheasants. Mineral pigments and gold dust on gold leaf with silk brocade boarder and black lacquer trim with bronze hardw...

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Snow Scene on the Marsh This Japanese two-panel screen, dating to the Edo period (circa 1700), depicts a tranquil winter marsh inhabited by a heron amid s...

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Horses in a Pine Landscape This Japanese two-panel screen, dating to the Edo period (circa 1800), depicts a peaceful herd of horses and colts gathered wit...

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Summer Floral Landscape on Gold This Japanese two-panel screen, dating to the Taishō period (circa 1920), depicts a vibrant summer garden unfolding agains...

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Rooster, Hen, and Chicks This Japanese two-panel screen, dating to the Taishō period (circa 1920), depicts a rooster, hen, and their chicks beneath a bloo...

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Exotic Birds in Pine Tree This Japanese two-panel screen, dating to the mid-19th century, depicts a pair of exotic parakeets perched upon the branch of a ...

Japanese Four-Panel Screen: Nadeshiko on Gold Leaf This Japanese four-panel screen, dating to the mid-Edo period (circa 1750), depicts graceful clusters of nadeshiko (fringed pinks)...

Japanese Six-Panel Screen: Pheasant in River Landscape This Japanese six-panel screen, dating to the late Edo period (circa 1800), depicts a pheasant inhabiting an idealized river l...

Japanese Six-Panel Screen: Maple Over Water This Japanese six-panel screen, dating to the late Meiji period (circa 1900), depicts a kingfisher perched upon a graceful maple branch e...

Japanese Six-Panel Screen: Pine Trees in the Mist This Japanese six-panel screen, dating to the Meiji period (circa 1880), depicts a sweeping grove of pine trees emerging through la...

Japanese Six-Panel Screen with Egrets Beneath a Willow Tree This Japanese six-panel screen, dating to the Meiji period (circa 1880), depicts two white egrets beneath the cascading b...

Strong brush strokes in sumi ink on mulberry paper. Dark red lacquer trim with original intricate silver hardware. Top seal reads: Soushoan, Bottom seal reads: Getsujo

Strong brush strokes in sumi ink on mulberry paper. Dark red lacquer trim with original intricate silver hardware. Top seal reads: Soushoan, Bottom seals read: Getsujo

Golden clouds encompass the islands of Matsushima, located in the north-east of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture in the Tohoku region. Beautifully painted with mineral pigments, gold leaf...

Golden clouds encompass the islands of Matsushima, located in the north-east of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture in the Tohoku region. Beautifully painted with mineral pigments, gold leaf...

Early painting of chrysanthemums growing from the green earth against small squares of applied gold with blue water in the distance. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade b...

A wild landscape of rolling hills, cherry trees, willow and pines with cherry blossoms dropping their petals. Beautifully executed use of gold leaf with good veining and gold dust cr...

Furosaki (tea ceremony) screen of a farm house in a rural setting with a flock of geese in the distance. Sumi-e (ink) on heavy gold with lovely depth and patina with black lacquer trim.

A beautifully soft painting of a water's edge with wild grasses and flowers. Mineral pigments and gold dust on mulberry paper with a black lacquer frame. Signature reads: Setsurei.

Horses caught in full stride. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border and an oxblood lacquer trim. Seal is illegible.

A craggy mountain landscape with lake side pavilions. Mineral pigments, ink and gold leaf clouds and gold dust on mulberry paper. Fabric border with black lacquer trim.

Very early Unkoku school painting of a flock of egrets, willow, plum and other various birds alongside a rushing river. Softly painted in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with a si...

Various flowers on water's edge with a garden fence and gold dust with heavy gold leaf clouds. Mineral pigments on gold with a silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Back of scr...

Standing portrait of a samurai, thought to be Heiji Shigemori. Startlingly similar to a painting exhibited in the 1928 Neiten exhibition. (See b/w image of screen that was shown at N...

A scene from the Heike wars (12th century wars) showing two high ranking samurai warriors of the Genji clan, Sasaki Shiro Takatsuna and Kajiwara Genta Kagesue, racing each other on h...

Blooming cherry grove on rivers edge with pieces of gold leaf creating gold mist. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with black lacquer trim and bronze mounts.

Three shishi, also known as foo dogs or guardian lions, play next to a golden misty waterfall. They are seen as intimidating, mythical, lion-like creatures that symbolize prosperity,...

Gold dust clouds and abstract gold applied to mulberry paper with lacquer trim.

Ink on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Sagawa Kakoku. Poem on upper right reads: Sounds of cicadas, in mountain valleys and t...

Ink on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Sagawa Kakoku. Poem on upper left reads: Stormy valleys in high mountains with more ...

Japanese red pine tree in sumi-e ink on gold with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Tosa Mitsutake. Notes about the artist: Tosa Mitsutake (1844–1...

Japanese red pine tree in sumi-e ink on gold with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Tosa Mitsutake. Notes about the artist: Tosa Mitsutake (184...

Nadeshiko, also known as fringed pinks is a flowering plant native to Japan. Ink, mineral pigments and 18th century gold leaf, with good veining, on mulberry paper. Silk brocade bord...

Farmers with buffalo in tow under willow tree. Soft mineral pigments on mulberry paper with natural wood trim. Signature and seal read: Kitei

Old Fans mounted on a two panel screen of Gold Clouds. Mineral pigments and gold on mulberry paper, with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signatures on fans read: Tsunenob...

A wonderful scene of water in abstract designs with Japanese red pine and fishing nets. Very unusual, early painting, possibly used architectually in fusuma, later mounted to be used...

Ikibana baskets with flower arrangements on a negoro lacquer stand with a bowl of pinks ready to be added. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and natural woo...

A Tosa School painting showing the hustle and bustle of the city including 3 dutchmen strolling. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. From t...

Screen A: Quail in autumn landscape with autumnal flowers in mineral pigments on gold with black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Keika. Screen B: Chinese pheasant in a summer...

Late winter scene of egret, willow and daffodil in mineral pigments on gold leaf with accents of gold dust. Silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Kano School Panting.

Very unusual 16th century furosaki byobu (screen used for tea ceremony). Painting of two Usubata (bronze containers) displaying bonsai. Mineral pigments on very heavy gold leaf with ...

Mineral pigments and gold leaf on mulberry paper with black lacquer trim.

Engaging winter scene of plains and mountains in mineral pigments on paper. Silk brocade border and dark brown lacquer trim with bronze hardware. Signature and seal read: Taniguchi H...

Lovely furosaki screen of plovers and waves and a bundled twig fence in gold raised relief. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with black lacquer trim. Original storage box.

Buck and doe under a red maple on heavy gold. Mineral pigments on gold leaf on paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. White deer are considered a symbol of longevity ...

Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim.

This is a beautiful and evocative antique Japanese six-panel folding screen (Byōbu), a classic example of the popular "Horses in Stable" (Umaya-zu) motif from the Edo Period (1603-18...

Embossed gold paper in a lattice design with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with bronze hardware.

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...

Mineral pigments on fabric with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature reads: Yoshihiro.

An unusual subject of a dream-like woodland landscape with a distant mountain. Heavy mineral pigments on paper with brown lacquer trim and bronze hardware.

Climbing grape-vine at dawn in mineral pigments on paper in wood trim. Seal reads: Ogi Toshiyuki.

White Shepard reclining in a garden pathway surrounded by tree peony, azaleas and thistle. Mineral pigments on paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with elaborate br...

Titled by the artist. This screen depicts a plum tree on rivers edge with a solitary nightingale. Mineral pigments on gold with silk brocade boarder and black lacquer trim with bron...

18th century painting of European hound and her pup. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with black lacquer trim.