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Style: Showa
Japanese Antique Low Table 1900s-1940s / Sofa Table Display Table Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese low table dating from the early Showa period (1900s–1940s), discovered in an old farmhouse. Designed in a separate two-part structure, it is both practical an...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Cedar

Japanese Asian Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen of White Cranes and Full Moon
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese/Asian/Chinese Byobu folding screen depicting five curious snow white cranes under the radiant light of a full moon. The beautiful, subtle...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper

Japanese Antique Horse Figurine 1920s-1940s / Ornament Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese horse figurine. It was crafted in the early Showa period (1920s–1940s) and embodies the meticulous and heartfelt handwork of Japanese artisans from that era. ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Quail Amid Autumn Grasses
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese Showa period four panel folding byobu screen depicting three quail amid autumn grasses and flowers (Chinese bell-flowers/Kikkyo and Pampas grass/obana). Made in the N...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Autumn Foliage
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen depicting autumn foliage. The painting features flowering chrysanthemum (kiku), pampas grass (obena), brush clover (hag...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Mountain Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Showa period six panel folding byobu screen depicting a grand mountain landscape with small village homes. Painted with natural color pigments over a gilt background. ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Brass

Japanese Antique Birdcage Inspired by a Traditional Machiya House 1920s-1940s
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese birdcage, exquisitely crafted in the form of a traditional machiya townhouse. It is an exceptionally rare piece, believed to have been made in the early Showa...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Bamboo, Cedar

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen of Mount MT Fuji Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a luminous Mount (Mt,) Fuji perched high above a beautiful natural landscape scene which depicts a small qu...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Antique NT Tansu 1920s-1940s / Natural color / cabinet
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese-made cabinet. It was made in the early Showa period (1920s-1940s). It features traditional Japanese design. The wood pattern is used in an interesting way ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood

Japanese Vintage Cabinet with Glass Doors, Showa 1926–, Natural Finish
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This vintage cabinet was crafted in the early Showa Era (1926–1950) from Japanese sugi (cedar) wood, with a natural finish that showcases the wood's authentic grain and warm characte...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Cedar

Japanese Vintage Glass Cabinet in Cedar Wood, Early Showa Period (1926–)
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This vintage glass cabinet was crafted in the Early Showa Period (1926–) from Japanese cedar wood. Its straightforward form and warm tone reflect the natural character of cedar, crea...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Cedar

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom & Pine Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring luminous cherry blossoms amongst the branches of a venerable pine tree. A very serene, tranquil, and peace...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk, Paint

Japanese Antique Wabisabi Tin Toy Truck 1920s-1940s / Figurine Object
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old tin toy truck made in Japan, believed to date back to the early Showa period (1920s–1940s). It is a rare artifact that speaks to the honest and humble craftsmanship of...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Tin

Japanese Old Iron Block 1950s-1970s / Display stand Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese iron block, estimated to have been made in the early Showa period (1950s–1970s). At the time, it was used in ironworks as an anvil or workbench. Decades of us...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Iron

Japanese Fortune Manekineko Lucky Cat Object 1980s Showa
Located in Paris, FR
This is a manekineko cat object. It is made with porcelain and it was made around 1980s in Showa era. Dimensions. 8 x 8.5 x H13 cm The maneki-neko is a common Japanese figurine ...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Porcelain

Japanese Daruma Obejct with Metal 2000s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a metal object of Daruma which was made in Japan around 2000s in Heisei era. A Daruma is a hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder o...
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Early 2000s Japanese Showa Furniture

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Metal

Japanese Asian Signed 8-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous eight-panel (the screen folds in half instead of fourths due to hanging brackets on the back) Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a be...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Vintage Stacking Glass Cabinet, Pine, Early Showa 1926– (A)
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This Japanese vintage stacking glass cabinet was crafted in the Early Showa Period (1926–). Built in Japanese pine (matsu), it has a quiet, beautiful presence—light in tone, with a ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Pine

Japanese Chinese Asian 4 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Lotus Flowers Bird Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with lotus leaves and blossoming spring flowers and two colorful kingfisher birds frolick...
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20th Century Asian Showa Furniture

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Vintage Stacking Glass Cabinet, Pine, Early Showa 1926– (B)
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This Japanese vintage stacking glass cabinet was crafted in the Early Showa Period (1926–). Built in Japanese pine (matsu), it has a quiet, beautiful presence—light in tone, with a ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Pine

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landscape Flowers & Geese
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a two wild geese frolicking among the blossoming spring flowers as another co...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Gold Leaf

Stones of Japanese Scholars"Furuya Stone"/Stones of Appreciation/"Suiseki"
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a water stone (suiseki) mined in Japan. Not only in China, but in Japan as well, beautiful stones have been selected for ornamental purposes. Such ornamental stones are colle...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Limestone

Japanese Vintage Kimono Silk Belt Obi Waves Gold and Silver 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an silk Obi (Kimono belt) made in Japan around 1960s. Obi is a belt of varying size and shape worn with both traditional Japanese clothing like Kimono.Obi are categorised b...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk

Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Turtle' 1980s 'Ishikawa'
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1980s. The signature is written on the back side 'Ishikawa'. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17t...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Wood

Japan Tall Granite Stone Round Top Yukimi Lantern With Special Trellis Carvings
Located in South Burlington, VT
One of our most beautiful Yukimi solid granite stone lanterns in a classic exaggerated round top style, portable and convenient size 28" Tall. Please view our video. Attractive ro...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Stone, Granite

Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery chawan tea bowl that features a mix of shifting colors, glazes and textures as well as elements of Shino Ware and Hagi Ware. The piece radiates in...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Set of Japanese Old Octagon Wood Stools 1940s-1960s / Side Table Stool Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a vintage octagonal stool crafted in Japan, dating from the Taisho to early Showa period (1940s–1960s). Made from KIRI (Paulownia wood), a traditional material cherished in J...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood

Japanese Big Antique Bronze Temple Bell With Pleasing Sound, Signed, 25"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese Large 25" Tall Patinated Bronze Temple Bell With A Resonating Sound Guaranteed to Please You The inscribed donor's Kanji script makes this bell special. For your meditat...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Vintage Slatted Shelf in Hinoki, Early Showa Period '1926–'
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This Japanese vintage slatted shelf was crafted in the early Showa period (circa 1930) from Hinoki (Japanese cypress). Its distinctive back panel with vertical slats gives the piece ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Cypress

Antique Japanese Kimono 'Uchikake' for Wedding, 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a kimono called Uchikake which Japanese women wear for wedding ceremony. It is said that the women wear the white uchikake for the reason of 'they can dyed in any color' and...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk

Japanese Vintage Glass Sliding-Door Cabinet, Early Showa Period (1926–)
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This vintage cabinet was crafted in the Early Showa Period (1926–). Made from Japanese cedar with a black finish, the surface shows a gently lived-in patina that lends quiet wabi-sa...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Cedar

Japanese Big Antique Bronze Blue Toned Temple Bell With Pleasing Sound, 22"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese Large 22" Tall Patinated Bronze Temple Bell With A Resonating Sound Guaranteed to Please You The pleasing natural green patina makes this bell special. For your meditati...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Old Japanese wooden display stand and stool / 20th century/Wabi-sabi object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This wooden display stand/stool was made in Japan around the 20th century. It's believed to be made from solid, solid zelkova (keyaki) wood, exuding a strong grain and sturdy texture...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Other

Japanese Old Shell Casing 1930s-1940s / Iron Object Flower Vase Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is the warhead part (shell) of an old Japanese shell. Functional parts such as the internal explosive and fuse have already been lost, and we present this as a safe relic that h...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Iron

Japanese antique long wooden low table/1868-1920/simple design sofa table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden workbench from the first half of the 20th century in Japan, a piece with its stately construction and long history. Katsura and horse chestnut wood are used for the ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Furniture

Materials

Wood

Japan Antique Large Bronze Temple Bell With Pleasant Sound, Double Signed, 25"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese Large 25" Tall Patinated Bronze Temple Bell With A Resonating Sound Guaranteed to Please You The double Kanji inscriptions makes this bell special. For your meditation , ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Antique Tin Plate Art / Wall Decoration / Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese tin panel. The rust caused by natural aging is expressed like art. The exact purpose is unknown, but it seems that it was originally used in a place where fi...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Showa Furniture

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Tin

Japanese Middle size White Birch Kokeshi Doll 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a wooden kokeshi doll made around 1980s in Showa era. It was made in Nagano prefecture in Japan. The wood is a white birch. Betula platyphylla, the Asian white birch or Jap...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Birch

Old Japanese root tree object/Wall ornament/Wall decoration
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wooden object. It is carved from the root of a tree. I believe it was made from the late Showa period to the early Heisei period. The wood was originally a li...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Wood

Rattan Lounge Chair by Isamu Kenmochi, circa 1960s
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Rattan sofa designed by Isamu Kenmochi and manufactured by Yamakawa Rattan. Circa 1960s. No restorations or modifications have been made. The rattan on this chair is broken in only ...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Rattan

Japanese Huge Antique Bronze Fish Bell Gong With Striker
Located in South Burlington, VT
Huge fish gong bell- first we have seen in this rare large scale size, 22 inches in length Immediately useable. Crafted using the ancient lost wax technique, this bell is a Japanes...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Bronze

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Herons in the Winter Snow
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a group of Herons frolicking in the snow covered bare Winter branches of a la...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Silver Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene from the Classic Japanese narrative "Tales of the Genji". The vibrant, rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful han...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Antique Low Table 1900s-1940s / Sofa Table Side Table Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese low table, believed to have been crafted in the early Shōwa period (1900s–1940s). Its quiet presence—shaped by many decades of use—has become part of its ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood, Cedar

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Genji Screen Lady Murasaki
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and quite striking four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring an elegantly clad Lady Murasaki, the Japanese novelist, (and famed author of the classic "Tale of Gen...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese vintage Storage Cabinet"Mizuya Tansu", Sideboards Early Showa '1926-'
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This vintage cabinet was crafted in the Early Showa Period (1926–). It was originally used as a traditional Japanese kitchen cabinet, or Mizu...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Cypress

Old Japanese wooden low table/sofa table/modern design
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wooden low table. It is thought to have been made during the Showa period. This is a plywood table with mulberry wood...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Plywood

Old Japanese mulberry tray/Showa era/20th century/Beautiful wood grain
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Introducing a rectangular tray made of mulberry wood from the Showa period in Japan. This gem was carefully carved from a single piece of solid wood using the mulberry tree, which h...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood

Japanese Antique Lacquered Board/“Negoro” /Like abstract painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old lacquered board made in Japan. It is called a "Negoro" board. Negoro is a type of Japanese lacquerware. It is characterized by applying black lacquer to the wood base ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Cypress

Katsushika Hokusai Japanese Woodblock Print Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite colorful Japanese woodblock print by renowned artist/printmaker Katsushika Hokusai titled "Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province" from his series Thirty-six Views o...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Paper

Old Japanese Scholar's Stone/"Suiseki"/Appreciation Stone
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old vermilion suiseki from Japan. Not only in China but also in Japan, rocks from mountains have been quarried and shaped for appreciation since ancient times. These deco...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Stone

Hiroshi Yoshida Signed & Sealed Framed Japanese Woodblock Print Azalea Garden
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image tilted "Azalea Garden" by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876–1950) one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest artist working in the Shin-Hanga art...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Joichi Hoshi Signed Large Japanese Woodblock Trees Print Forest Blue, 1973
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, lovely mood setting, quite large woodblock print by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Joichi Hoshi. This work is titled "Forest, Blue" and features a thick, rich fore...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Paper

Toko Shinoda Signed Limited Edition Japanese Lithograph Print Stream
Located in Studio City, CA
Exquisite in design and execution. This work, titled "Stream", is by Japanese master artist/printmaker Toko Shinoda (1913-2021) who is universally recognized for her merging of tradi...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel hand painted Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a wildly and brilliantly colorful fully blooming Spring cherry blossom tree with a wonderful composit...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood, Paint, Paper

Japanese Kamakura Bori Lacquer Presentation Box, Showa Era, mid 20th century
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive Japanese red lacquered Kamakura-bori inscribed presentation box, featuring peony, Showa Era, mid 20th century, Japan. The low box and cover carved with a bold and stri...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Softwood, Lacquer

Japanese Unusual Stone Spirit Lantern 35 Inches , portable
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions Japan, an unusual and handsome red stone spirit lantern in a mountain style and measuring: 35 inches high and 24 inches wide at bottom, four p...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Stone, Sandstone

Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Woodblock Print Edo Semi-Nude Woman Smoking Opium Pipe
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and richly colored Japanese woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro featuring a semi-undressed kimono-opened nude woman, perhaps a Geisha or courtesan, enjoying a ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Paper

Signed Sato Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Vase Cherry Blossom
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful Sato ginbari cloisonne vase. On the body a tree branch of cherry blossoms in full bloom amid verdant foliage, worked in meticulous detail, set against emerald green backg...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Metal, Enamel

Japanese Vintage Writing Table, Showa Period black lacquer, Solid Wood
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This vintage desk was crafted in the Early Showa Period '1926-'. Crafted entirely from solid kihada (Japanese Amur cork tree) wood. Featuring a sleek black finish and a minimalist ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood

Showa furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Showa 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 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 metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Showa 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 furniture, popular names associated with this style include Kiyoshi Saitō, Junichiro Sekino, Shoji Hamada, and Tadashi Nakayama. 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 furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $74,750 while the average work can sell for $926.

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