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Style: Showa
Japanese Antique Door 1900s-1940s / Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old sliding door made in Japan.
This door is from the early Showa period (1900s-1940s).
The wooden frame is chestnut wood, the surface is iron plate, and the back is c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Japanese old garden stone / "Kurama stones" / stone object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese granite stone.
In Japan, this stone is called Kurama stone.
Originally, it refers to stone mined in Kurama, in the north of Kyoto City, but since similar ston...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Japan Huge Old Stone Yukimi Lantern with Beautiful Details, 38 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare Classic in a Large 38" Size. Beautiful patina, lovely lantern
Japan, a fine large vintage hand carved stone Yukimi hexagonal top lantern with beautiful details from the middle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Japan Large Older Stone Classic Yukimi Lantern Beautiful Details, 33 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
Classic Style, Portable and Convenient Size 33" Tall And 28 " Diameter. Beautiful patina, lovely lantern
Japan, a fine large vintage hand carved granite stone Yukimi hexagonal top l...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Japan Large Old Blue Bronze Lantern with Fine Details
Located in South Burlington, VT
Beautiful Blue Garden Lantern-
Only One left in this large size, 18 inches high.
Japan, a fine large vintage hand cast bronze Yukimi round top lantern with beautiful details from th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Japanese old garden stone / "Kurama stones" / stone object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese granite stone.
In Japan, this stone is called Kurama stone.
Originally, it refers to stone mined in Kurama, in the north of Kyoto City, but since similar ston...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Japanese Old Blue Garden Tree Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
Old Blue Timbered Roof Tree Lantern, lucky bamboo design
An early hard to find Japanese natural "Tree" form lantern, "Koboku-Toro" with fine handcrafted details including a timbered...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Japan Large Old Bronze Lantern with Beautiful Details
Located in South Burlington, VT
Only One in this large size, 25 inches high.
Japan, a fine large vintage hand cast bronze Yukimi round top lantern with beautiful details from the early Showa period, 1940s-1950s.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Massive Bronze Peace Bell 45 Inches Tall
Located in South Burlington, VT
Massive Japanese Bronze Bell Inscribed and dedicated to peace and humanity, 1947.
At the top, the handle (ryûzu) is crafted in the form of two mirrored dragon heads.
Around the uppe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Door 1900s-1940s / Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old sliding door made in Japan.
This door is from the early Showa period (1900s-1940s).
The wooden frame is chestnut wood, the surface is iron plate, and the back is c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Japan Tall Round Garden Lantern Beautiful Orchid Flowers
Located in South Burlington, VT
A handsome quality tall sturdy old "Orchid Flowers & Vines" tea garden lantern in a convenient portable size.
May be suspended from loop or installed on any surface using the three ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Japanese Three Authentic Bamboo Water Ladles "Hishaku" Fine Handcrafted Quality
Located in South Burlington, VT
This is one set of three (3) authentic Japanese made bamboo water ladles -hishaku- handcrafted new quality and often seen in use at Buddhist, Shinto shrines, and private gardens.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Japanese Fine Pair Arts And Crafts Shoji Door Screens
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a fine pair of two simple shoji bamboo doors or screens creating an arts and crafts look. The pair are hinged together for convenient display with attractive portals above; ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Japanese Huge Tin-Plated Door 1900s-1940s / Low Table Wall Decoration Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a huge tin-clad sliding door made in Japan.
This fixture was made in the early Showa period (1900s-1940s), and is finished by carefully laminating tin sheets over a cedar woo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Tin
Japanese Huge Pair Hand Painted Garden Ducks
Located in South Burlington, VT
Magnificent Ducks Pair
A fine matched pair (2) of large scale Japanese original hand-cast and hand painted garden ducks from the 1940s-1950s with detailed plumage, heads, beaks, ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Japan Large Old Bronze Lantern with Beautiful Details
Located in South Burlington, VT
Only One in this large size, 25 inches high.
Japan, a fine large vintage hand cast bronze Yukimi round top lantern with beautiful details from the early Showa period, 1940s-1950s.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Japan Large Older Stone Classic Yukimi Lantern Beautiful Details, 33 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
Classic Style, Portable and Convenient Size 33" Tall And 28 " Diameter. Beautiful patina, lovely lantern
Japan, a fine large vintage hand carved granite stone Yukimi hexagonal top l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Japan Large Old Blue Bronze Lantern with Fine Details
Located in South Burlington, VT
Beautiful Blue Garden Lantern-
Only One left in this large size, 18 inches high.
Japan, a fine large vintage hand cast bronze Yukimi round top lantern with beautiful details from th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Japan Fine Old “Oribe” Garden Lantern , Tea Master Hand Carved
Located in South Burlington, VT
Designed by Tea Master "Oribe"
"Oribe designed this lantern to represent the secular nature of lanterns installed in private tea gardens"
Japan “Oribe” stone lantern with a very ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Japan Huge Old Stone Yukimi Lantern with Beautiful Details, 38 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare Classic in a Large 38" Size. Beautiful patina, lovely lantern
Japan, a fine large vintage hand carved stone Yukimi hexagonal top lantern with beautiful details from the middle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Japan Fine Old “Oribe” Granite Garden Lantern With Sanscrit Calligraphy
Located in South Burlington, VT
Designed by Tea Master "Oribe" With Sanscrit Calligraphy
"Oribe designed this lantern to represent the secular nature of lanterns installed in private tea gardens"
Japan “Oribe” ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Granite
Japan Big Brilliant Color Red Bronze Vase Signed Hasegawa
Located in South Burlington, VT
Beautiful blazing red bronze color from Japan
From Japan comes this gorgeous big heavily hand cast bronze vase with a special brilliant blazing red "murashido" finish. This eye ap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Japan Fine Old “Oribe” Granite Garden Lantern , Tea Master Hand Carved
Located in South Burlington, VT
Designed by Tea Master "Oribe"
"Oribe designed this lantern to represent the secular nature of lanterns installed in private tea gardens"
Japan “Oribe” stone lantern with a pati...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Granite
Japanese Huge Bronze Bell With Double Inscription, 28"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Huge Japanese Bronze Bell Doubly Inscribed - a rare survivor from the 20th century.
Rare inscriptions are dedications and patron names to the persons associated with the temple or s...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Japan Pair Tall Beautiful Garden Lanterns With Lovely Iris Flowers
Located in South Burlington, VT
A handsome quality pair (2) of original hand painted sturdy old "Iris, Flowers & Vines" tea garden lanterns in a convenient portable size.
May be suspended from loops or installed o...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
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