Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
MEIJI STYLE
From 1868 to 1912, Emperor Mutsuhito oversaw an era of transformation in Japan. Formerly a country of feudalism and isolation, Japan entered an age of modernization influenced by newly established trade and exchange with the West. The Meiji period, or period of “enlightened rule,” also saw the global impact of the East Asian country’s culture. Japanese Meiji furniture was exhibited at expositions from Paris to San Francisco and created for export.
Prior to the Meiji era, furniture was mostly made by commission for the ruling class; now there were new domestic and international markets. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Meiji furniture made for Japanese homes and buildings constructed in Western styles resulted in taller tables, chairs, cabinets with large drawers and other features. The government invested in areas such as transportation and communication, and because people could freely choose occupations after the restrictions of feudalism, industries of various types were energized by expressive new ideas during those years. Art schools were formed and, for the first time, design was an area of study in the country, leading to the evolution of professional design as a career by the 1890s.
The work of Japanese designers was transmitted widely through lavishly illustrated pattern books that included designs for screens and lacquerware for the home. While screens today may be of use as decorative accents or partitions to ensure privacy in one’s space, Japanese screens were adorned with paintings and were featured in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. The color illustrations that characterize Meiji woodblock prints, a genre of Japanese art that grew out of 17th-century developments in printing and book publishing, depicted the sweeping changes that the era brought to East Asia.
Although it was a time of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions. From colorful porcelain table lamps with silk shades and hardwood tables decorated with dark lacquer to cabinets featuring iron hardware and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Meiji furniture showcased Japan’s artistic heritage to the world.
Find a collection of antique Japanese Meiji period case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Meiji
Japanese Glazed Ceramic Gohon Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bespoken Japanese ceramic tea bowl with glazed with fabric insert, pouch and original padded wood tomobako box. The chawan has a slightly irregu...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Huge Japanese Silver and Mixed Metal Bowl by Miyamoto Shoko
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this large and stylish Meiji Period 1868-1912, circa 1900 solid silver and mixed metal bowl by the renowned ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver
Imari Charger Prunus Blossom
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of an Imari Charger that features a central basket, small scalloped border with an allover cherry blossom motif with three reserves. The diameter of the charge...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma Gessan vase Japan Mountains Ruyi Ceramics
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A pair of Japanese Satsuma 'processional' vases, Meiji period
Of ovoid form with everted rims, each painted with a procession of figures in traditional robes, some carry...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird perched on one foot on a tall rocky outcropping, the bird’s head l...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Fine Quality Japanese Mixed Metal Box Attr-Kajima Ikkoku
By Kajima Ikkoku II
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this very finely worked Meiji Period (1868-1912) mixed metal lidded box, that we confidently attribute to Ka...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Japanese Meiji Champlevé Bronze Kannon Figure
Located in Savannah, GA
Japanese champlevé bronze Kannon Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara figure, Meiji period.
9 ¾ inches wide by 8 inches deep by 29 ½ inches tall
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Wooden Boat 1860-1900s / Wood Bowl Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wooden boat.
It is a piece of furniture from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is made of cedar wood.
We found it in an old house along the overseas in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
19th Century Japanese Meiji Era Patinated Bronze Foo Dog Lion Group Censer
Located in Forney, TX
A large and impressive Japanese Meiji period (1852-1912) patinated bronze guardian lion censer.
Late 19th century, Japan, exceptionally executed, the group consisting of four shishi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Huge Japanese Silk Textile Goose In Flight
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this large scale framed Meiji Period (1868-1912) signed silk textile, the Kyoto artist has rendered a very l...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Important and Monumental Japanese Bronze Okimono – Sano Takachika
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this magnificent huge scale Meiji Period 1868-1912 bronze elephant and tiger group by the leading 19th centu...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
76791 - ATW Satsuma Meiji Pair Of Porcelain Vases Circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of Meiji Satsuma vases offers porcelain construction with hand painted figures and gilt highlights throughout, bases stamped as pho...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Bronze Boat Flower Arranging Container
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese bronze hanging flower arranging container in the shape of a boat, sharp angular form with flat bottom hull base and center water receptacle sitting within a removabl...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Noh/Kabuki Shakkyo painting, Torii Kiyotada
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese colors, gofun and metallics on silk painting of Noh/Kabuki Dancers, depicting two figures of actors dancing in the play Shakkyo portraying a pair of shishi (lions), one on a...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase – Namikawa Yasuyuki
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this striking Meiji Period 1868-1912, cloisonne enamel vase by the Imperial artist Namikawa Yasuyuki...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Vintage Japanese Black, Gold and Red Lacquer Document Fubako Box
Located in Sheridan, CO
Black, Gold and Red Lacquer Japanese Document Fubako Box, Meiji period, late 19th C/Early 20th C. A Japanese lacquer box featuring hand decorated gold paint depicting scholars and sa...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Antique Black Daruma 1860s-1900s / Wood Carving Figurine Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old wooden black Daruma doll.
It was made in the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The material is cedar wood.
This wooden form is the original D...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Fish 1860s-1900s / Mingei Figurine Object Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a fish.
It is a wood carving from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is carved from cedar wood.
This wood carving is attached to a free h...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
19th C. Edo-Meiji Period Japanese Painted Five-Panel Folding Miniature Screen
Located in North Miami, FL
19th century/Edo-Meiji period japanese painted five-panel folding miniature screen
By: unknown
Material: lacquer, metal, paint, wood
Technique: carved, hand-carved, hand-painted, la...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Japanese Pure Silver Hawk Okimono – Musashiya Company (Ozeki)
By Musashiya
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this scarce pure silver Meiji Period (1868-1912) okimono of a hawk, artist signed Juiedo for the famous Musa...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver
Framed Japanese Antique Embroidery Sennin Tapestry Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning Japanese embroidery tapestry circa 1880s-1900s from late Meiji period, presented with an original wood frame with inner gold trim. The tour-de-force embroidered tapestry s...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Silk
Japanese Rosewood Square Tea Table
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Rosewood Square Tea Table in Chinese style having tapered legs with bracket hoof feet, elbowed cross struts and center floating panel. Minor shrinkage, surface scratches, an...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Okimono Set of Carved Red Apple-Shapped Ivory Figurines with a Wooden Brown Base
Located in North Miami, FL
Okimono set of japanese hand-crafted and hand-carved figurines, in the shape of a pair of realistic red apples showing seeds and stem, made of ivory with a detached brown wooden base...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Fine Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase – Namikawa Yasuyuki
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this fine quality Meiji Period (1868-1912) cloisonne enamel vase manufactured by the Imperial artist Namikawa Yasuyuki...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Wire
Antique Japanese CHaiwan Meiji/Taisho Period Set Of Tea Bowls Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A very nice set of 9 tea bowls decorated with flowers. Amazing quality. Box included.
All will be packed neat and sent track and trace airmail with insurance. Packages ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Merchant’s chest (choba-dansu), Toyama
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Merchant’s chest (choba-dansu), Toyama, the front entirely constructed of keyaki (Zelkova serrata), original fuki-urushi lacquer fini...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
A small fine quality Meiji period cloisonné enamel vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small fine quality Meiji period cloisonne enamel vase, with silver wires and gilt rims decorated with lappets of dragons of ho-ho birds on a brown ground, with textile designs arou...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Japanese Kanazawa School Bronze Vases – Goto Seijiro
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this unusual shape heavy quality pair of early Meiji Period (1868-1912) bronze and mixed metal inlaid vases ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Bottle Vase – Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927)
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this most exquisite Meiji Period 1868-1912, cloisonne enamel bottle vase manufactured by the most highly revered enamel artist of the late 19th century, the imperial artist Namikawa Yasuyuki...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Lovely 19c Antique Japanese Bronze Cloisonne Censer Birds Flying
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Lovely and beautifully made piece. With a stunning bird scene.
Originally of the Catherina collection of Japanese bronzes and cloisonne that was partly auctioned in Ams...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Quality Japanese Iron Box – Okuno Company Kyoto
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this exquisite Meiji Period (1868-1912), iron box and cover of lobed rounded form manufactured in Kyoto by t...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver, Iron
Imari Charger-Flower Basket Center
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a classic example of a Meiji period imari charger. The charger measures 12 inches in diameter and features a central flower basket reserve surround with diapering and 3 hoho ...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A pair of Meiji period bronze vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Meiji period bronze vases, decorated in high relief, one with a pheasant perched on a branch of prunus blossom and the other with two carp swimming under a bough of wisteri...
Category
Early 1800s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Zen Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 800 Beads With Alms Bowl
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find!: 24 feet long Zen monk Mala Prayer Bead String plus original wooden alms bowl with its original attached triangular shaped stone ojime.
A huge...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair Of Seto Porcelain Covered Vases, Japan Meiji Era
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Magnificent pair of porcelain vases with a rich underglaze blue decoration of a couple of partridges among the vegetation. A minimal defect on each interior lid in the shape of a sty...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Scent Bottle – Namikawa Yasuyuki
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this exceptional quality Meiji Period 1868-1912, circa 1895 cloisonne enamel scent bottle by the most highly regarded cloisonne master of the period, the Imperial artist Namikawa Yasuyuki 1845-1927. On this occasion Namikawa has manufactured a scent bottle of rounded form with opposing panels, the first panel depicts an exotic bird carrying a floral sprig in its mouth, the bird finely rendered in solid gold wire upon a buff coloured ground, the reverse depicts a gold wired butterfly...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Wire
Japan 1900 Meiji Period Charger With A Dragon In Cloisonné Multicolor Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
Large charger in cloisonné from imperial Japan.
Beautiful piece of Japanese decorative arts, created during the Meiji imperial period, circa ...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Enamel
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Black Daruma 1860s-1920s / Wabi Sabi Sculpture
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese large wooden Daruma.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
It is made from a large cedar tree.
It is rustic and beautiful, with traces of hand-carving...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Large Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Dish, Meiji Era Japan
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Large Satsuma earthenware dish decorated with "one hundred boys". Signed on the reverse.
Japan around 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Japanese Imari Scalloped Charger Plate
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous 19th-Century Japanese Imari porcelain charger with a hand painted floral design in the traditional Imari colors. This fine large plate has lovely scalloped edges and is qu...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Medji Period High Relief Porcelain Celadon Vase, circa 1900
Located in Miami, FL
This captivating Medji period (1868-1912) porcelain vase features a mesmerizing celadon glaze, with a subtle crackled texture. Exquisite details, meticulously hand-painted in vibrant...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Hardwood Mixed Metal Vases – Katsuyoshi School
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this most unusual pair of vases from the Meiji period 1868-1912 , circa 1890 , the hardwood vases are suppor...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold, Silver
Charming Japanese Komai Style Iron Box
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this charming Meiji Period (1868-1912) damascened iron trinket box manufactured by one of the Komai company ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Antique wooden bucket of Japanese lacquer craftsman/20th century/planter
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden bucket used by Japanese lacquerware craftsmen to store lacquer.
It is believed to have been used from the Meiji period to the first half of the Showa era (1868-1940)...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar, Lacquer
Large Japanese Bronze Elephant Jardiniere - Genryusai Seiya
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this large scale Meiji Period (1868-1912), cast bronze Jardiniere by the highly regarded foundry of Genryusa...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Iwayaki Earthenware Edo Incense Burner of a Turtle 19th Century Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Nicely made and large incense burner or Okimono of a turtle. In earthenware with nice patina. Shimane Prefecture Iwayaki (Nagahama Yaki) Turtle figurine. The head and pa...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Set of Three Meiji Period Blue & White Imari Fish Form Brush Washers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of Three Meiji Period Blue & White Imari Fish Form Brush Washers
Japan, circa 1890s
Embrace the elegance of Japanese artistry with this captivating set of three Meiji period blu...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese American Cypresswood or Hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ Tea Chest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese Cypresswood or hirohi ‘Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama’ tea chest
Yokohama, 1862-1897, with inscription reading: Choicest Natural Leaf Yamashiro Tea, Packed by Walsh, Hall & Co, Yokohama
Measures: H. 53.5 x W. 61.5 x D. 41.5 cm
Including original wood box
The chest gold, silver and red lacquered on a black lacquer ground, the top decorated with an eagle sitting on a branch, looking at a small escaping bird, the front with a pheasant under a chestnut, one side with a cockerel amongst foliage, the back decorated with an argus pheasant...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Japanese Lacquer Document Box, Ryoshibako, Edo/Meiji period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A large and magnificently decorated Japanese lacquer document box, ryoshibako, signed Umeboshi/Baikyo, late Edo or early Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan.
The large document box, ryoshibako, of tall, rectangular shape with rounded corners, and fitted with an inrobuta (flush-fitting) cover with beveled edges. The exterior of this exquisite box is decorated all over with fifteen different raised reserves shaped as uchiwa (paddle) fans against a lush and intricate krikane ground imitating shagreen.
The uchiwa shaped reserves all of takamaki-e, and exquisitely painted with designs of animals, flowers, and landscapes in silver, gold, maki-e, hiramaki-e, and takamaki-e, with kirikane, nashiji, and polychrome embellishments, upon gold lacquer fudame grounds.
The interior of the lid is nothing short of spectacular, featuring a large design of a magnificent and beautifully detailed rooster and hen with chicks gathered around a lazy stream. Large stalks of chrysanthemum bloom behind them. All against an ethereal nashiji ground.
The cover of the box features five reserves:
1. Three minogame (turtles with long tails), symbolizing longevity
2. "Narihira Crossing the Sumida" from The Tales of Ise...
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1860s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Softwood, Lacquer
Pair Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Porcelain Imari Lidded Jars Urns, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good pair of large antique Japanese Meiji period porcelain lidded jars, circa 1880.
The jars having ribbed dome shaped lids topped with lion-dog (Komainu) finials, the baluster shaped jars also of corresponding ribbed form. The lids and jars are skillfully hand-decorated in the Imari palette with blue & iron red floral decoration over a white body, on one side are a pair of floral cartouches on another side is a fan shaped cartouche.
Condition is very good indeed, no damage or restoration, a very handsome pair of 19th century Japanese Imari lidded jars...
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1880s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Rare Large Antique Bronze Temple "Futuku" Bell Complete Original Chime
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare large Japanese bronze temple "Futaku" bell with original and complete hanging bronze cloud clapper , from Kyoto Temple.
One of only two we have seen
This bell is a rare treasu...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Massive Meiji Period Imari Foo Dog Charger, Attributed to Fukagawa
By Fukagawa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Massive Meiji Period Imari Foo Dog Charger, Attributed to Fukagawa
Japan, circa 1900
A magnificent Meiji Period Imari Charger, a true masterwork attribut...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Table Screen – Nogawa
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this most unusual Meiji Period (1868-1912) miniature mixed metal table screen by the highly regarded Nogawa company, the delightful four fold screen consist of individual panel housed within a gilt bronze frame, the rear panels carved to depict a scene of boats in a lake beneath Mount Fuji , the Tori gate...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Japanese Handpainted Imari Dish Featuring Koi Carp, Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A beautiful handpainted Japanese Imari oval glazed dish with fluted edges, profusely decorated in vibrant shades or blue, red, orange, green and yellow with gilt overlay, featuring t...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Japanese antique pottery small incense burner/bonsai pot/1868-1920
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is believed to be a small incense burner made in Japan during the Meiji and early Taisho periods (1868-1920).
The design is very simple but b...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Meiji Period Satsuma Bowl Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Newark, England
From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Meiji period Satsuma Bowl by Kinkozan. The earthenware bowl with pinched rim extensively decorated on both the exterior and interior. The bowl with a cobalt blue base glaze decorated to the borders with gilt shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) with scattered medallion roundells. Around the exterior two elongated scenes are featured, one with boys playing games in a courtyard with the other featuring seated scholars in full dress both with raised enamel decoration. The interior features a central scene with Samurai warriors in training fully armoured with swords in a courtyard with landscapes scenes to the background. The central scene bordered by further stylised shippo-tsunagi type decoration with a greek key rim border. The bowl signed to the base Kinkozan dating to the Meiji Period (1868-1912) circa 1900.
Shippo-Tsunagi (linked-cash) or seven treasures, is a traditional Japanese geometric pattern that combines four ellipses in a circle. These ellipses repeat outward to then create more circles, symbolising eternal peace and happiness.
Kinkozan the Kinkozan family have been associated with pottery dating back to 1645. They went on to become the largest producer of Satsuma ware by one individual company, from the end of the 19th century until 1927 after which the factory closed. By the 1850s Kobayashi Sobei (1824-84), Kinkozan Sobei...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery, Faux Leather
Antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Painted Vase
By Satsuma
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A petite and beautiful hand-decorated ceramic baluster vase, painted all around with traditional Japanese motifs, including native flora, birds and bamboo stems on a creamy glazed background. The colour palette is bold and bright, with highlights of green, red and blue, together with plentiful gilt relief...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Framed Antique Japanese Embroidery Fukusa Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely embroidered Japanese silk Fukusa panel presented in a beautiful silk-lined giltwood frame (newly framed and glazed), circa late 19th century of Meiji Period. Fukusa is a tra...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
Meiji asian art and furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Meiji asian art and furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage asian art and furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Meiji asian art and furniture made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original asian art and furniture, popular names associated with this style include Satsuma, Kinkozan, Ando Jubei, and Makuzu Kozan. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for asian art and furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $190,804 while the average work can sell for $2,196.
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