Japanese Old Wood Carving Bear 1930s-1950s/Vintage Figurine Sculpture Folk Art

It is a wooden folk craft in the shape of a bear. Mainly manufactured in Hokkaido. It is a wood carving made from 1930 to 1950. The eyes are made of glass. This type is rare in Japa...

It is a wooden folk craft in the shape of a bear. Mainly manufactured in Hokkaido. It is a wood carving made from 1930 to 1950. The eyes are made of glass. This type is rare in Japa...

This is an old Japanese monkey wood carving. This wood carving is estimated to have been made between 1950 and 1970. The artist's name and other d...

This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a monkey. It is a wood carving from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). It appears to be carved from cedar wood. "Monkey holding a peach" Pea...

This is a very old Japanese wooden Buddha. It is a wood carving from the Edo period (1700s-1800s). It appears to be carved out of cedar wood. It is indescribably beautiful with dust...

This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a god. It is called "Tenjin. Tenjin" is a general term for "a god who lives in heaven. This wood carving dates from the Edo period (1...

An extremely well detailed wood carving of Ebisu, as a fisherman. Beautiful and well detailed sculpture, created in Japan during the Meiji dynastic period (1868-1912) back in the 1890's. This piece represent the god of good fortune Ebisu. Was exceptionally carved and executed from one solid single piece of rose wood, showing a gorgeous face expression, with intricate details in the hands and feets, he's carrying as usual a rod and a fish. Ebisu (yebisu), ???, god of fortune, the ocean and fisherman. In the japanese mythology is one of the seven gods of luck, sichi-fuku-jin, the patron of the fisherman and tradesmen. he is depicted as a bearded, smiling fisherman with formal long court ropes, often carrying a rod in one hand and a tai, symbolic fish of the good luck, in the other. The height is 14.25 inches (36.20 cm) and the base measurements is 6.5 by 6.45 inches (16.5 x 16.38 cm). Meiji period, is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign...

Ainu Bear with baby and fish, Hokkaido, Japan, Keyaki, Showa period. Hewn from one solid piece of Keyaki wood, this bear flashes a ferocious expression or...

Monumental Japanese bas relief carving on natural wood slab Palatial sized Japanese wood carving from the Meiji Period (1868-1912). This stunning sc...

Japanese Edo period carved wood mask depicting Ko-Jo, an old man. The piece dates to circa 1820 and is in great condition. 15 inches long with t...

with rosewood stand. Must use imagination to see. Collectors kiri-wood box.

A wonderful Japanese Buddhist portable traveling zushi shrine altar with Amida Buddha (Amitabha) concealed inside the folded wood doors. This work dat...