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Style: Showa
Japanese Old Display Stand with BK color / Japanese Old Wooden Shelves
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a beautiful black Japanese display shelf.
The wood is oak.
Oak has long been used for luxury furniture in Japan.
The design is very sim...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Other
Japanese vtg low table. solid hardwood tabletop & antique leg frame. wabi sabi
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese antique low dining table / Kotatsu (heated table) for 4 people.
Tabletop material is made of single solid hardwood, original paint remains on the backside, which gives anoth...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Cedar
Japanese Traditional Design Exhibition Stand / Japanese Old Wooden Shelves
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a shelf made of very beautiful traditional Japanese decoration and wood.
The wood is paulownia and ebony.
Paulownia is a material often used for tansu.
It's a soft tree, but it...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Other
Iron Stool Used in an Old Japanese Elementary School/Made in 1965
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stool used at Minoya Elementary School in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
The back of the seat has the name of the school and the fact that it was built in 1965.
A simple stool with an oak top and iron legs.
Two plastic parts on the toe are missing, but there is no problem in use.
Old school...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese 20th Century Mulberry Wood Kimono Cabinet with Doors and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Japanese mulberry wood kimono cabinet from the 20th century, with sliding doors and drawers. Born in Japan during the 20th century, this exquisite ca...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Japanese Old Small Wooden Drawer / 1912-1950 / Accessory Case/ Taisho-Showa
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a small drawer from the Taisho era to the early Showa period (1912-1950) in Japan.
The outer material is made of chestnut.
The inside is cedar wood.
It's very cute.
Also,...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Chestnut
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Japanese antique small box chest of drawers, 1916. Taisho wabi sabi urushi tansu
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
108 years-old wooden small tansu (chest of drawers) with 4 drawers.
Finished with traditional Urushi lacquer. The original laquer remains well & gives a good wabi sabi touch.
Each handles are partly covered with Boro (hand-woven, indigo dyed cotton cloth) - this is another wabi sabi element of this tansu.
Smooth opening & closing operation for all drawers.
Product of Taisho 5 (1916), written on the bottom together with maker's address & name.
drawer inner w 5.79 in / d 12.6 in / h 1.38 in, 1.69 in, 2.28 in, 2.64 in (from the top)
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Japanese Antique Drawer Storage 1880s-1900s Shelf Chest Drawers Wabi-Sabi
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Chinese Interlocking Tri-Leg Stool, c. 1900
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Japanese Antique Bamboo shelf Folk art Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba, Chiba
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Japanese Antique Glass Cupboard Cabinet Showcase 1920s-1930s Wabi-Sabi
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This is an old Japanese glass door storage shelf.
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Small Exhibition Stand, Low Table, Japanese Antique
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1920s-30s Japanese antique 2 tier mizuya tansu wabi sabi urushi chest w/ drawers
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product of early Showa era (1920s - 30s) , about 100 years-old 2 tier Mizuya tansu (Kitchen cabinet) with 5 drawers, can be divided into two.
Made for the one of the wedding trousseau - heard from the original owner family - using fine Zelkova (Keyaki Elm) generously, as the family was running the lumber dealer - Cedar is premium quality too.
Brass drawer handles are engraved & partly patinated.
Finished with traditional Urushi lacquer. Smooth opening & closing operation for all drawers & sliding doors.
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Japanese Antique Display Shelf Chestnut Wood 1930s Wabi-Sabi Primitive Japandi
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Japanese Big Antique Bronze Temple Bell
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Japanese Big Old Blue Bronze Temple Bell with Bold Sound, 21 Inches
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Big Hand Cast Bronze Bell Bold pleasing sound 21 Inches Tall
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Beautiful deep resonating ring tones await the new owner of this big one-of-a-kind vintage bronze bell from old Japan. Its beautiful natural blue gray patina makes it an attractive and desirable work of art. This distinctive dragon headed bell called ryuzu and remarkable protrusions called chi chi or nyu are crafted by generations old skilled Japanese specialists to improve sound resonance and are unique to Japan's ancient traditions.
This vintage hand cast bronze temple bell dates to the middle Showa period, mid-20th century.
A scarce survivor, this rugged bell was gently used.
Please note its impressive cast dragon headed top ryuzu, thick walls and original blue gray toned patina.
Dimensions: 21 inches tall and 12 inches diameter. It has been used and possesses an original aged blue green patina appropriate to its age-just the way we like to find them.
Its deep resonating sound is guaranteed to please you.
This bold sound brings to the Japanese people - the voice of Buddha- is even more impressive because of its thick walls (see photo). This bell sound and voice of Buddha was used to deliver wishes to the temples patrons and followers.
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Japanese Wooden Bench/Design like Charlotte Perriand/Showa/1950-1980
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This bench was used in a house built in the early Showa period (after World War II) in Tokyo.
A sturdy bench made of oak.
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Old Japanese Craftsman's Wooden Workbench / Bench Seat / Exhibition Stand /Showa
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Japanese Tall Vintage Bronze Horse Shoe Crab Fisherman
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Japanese Old Large Wooden Low Table /1927-1970 / TV Board / Sofa Table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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H 15.36 in W 66.93 in L 15.36 in
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