Japanese Lacquered and Gold Leaf Storage Trunk (Nagamochi)

A French 1940s cream lacquered side table of elegant form with three tapering curved legs.  

First Edition, published by Aperture, New York, 2009. A comprehensive survey of some of the greatest and most iconic Japanese photobooks of the 1960s and 1970s; an era of major cult...

Published by Nazraeli Press, 1st edition, 2003. Hardback with English text. Edition of 4000, hardbound in red silk cover, housed in a Japanese folding black silk chemise slipcase wi...

An amazing book exploring the work of the greatest Japanese filmmakers. Until recently, the Western world has viewed Japanese cinema through a very narrow prism. For years, Westerners interested in Japanese film had to content themselves with the collected works of Akira Kurosawa, a spotty sampling of films by Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu...

Published by 2017 Akaaka signedEverything is not what it seems in Everett Kennedy Brown captivating photographic series on Japan’s samurai. While Brown’s photographs look like artifacts from the warriors’ feudal-period heyday, they document the unique fashions and aesthetic of modern-day samurai.Kennedy Brown continues to reflect the ancient layers of Japan (Old Layer) using the classic photographic technique of "wet plate light painting". The images, which are burned onto a single glass negative, emerge with unique shadows, similar to a single lifetime encounter. The "Japanese Samurai Fashion...

Published by Schiffer Books 1st edition, 2001. Hardback English text. This lushly illustrated book is an authoritative tome written by the founders of Arise Inc. - the world’s large...

Large Japanese faux lacquer decorated storage box in the form of a chamfered cube with hinged lid, the black lacquered sides decorated with lotus leaves and other floral motifs. De...

19th century Japanese black and gold lacquer Suzuribako box with firefly and plum blossom design.

A small square-form table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent is...

An unusually shaped and graceful weathered storage box, with beautiful lacquer patina. From China, Shanxi Province, c. 1850. BX470

A small low table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent island cou...

This is a trio of vintage nesting boxes. A Japanese, lacquered celluloid set of small storage boxes with handpainted decor, dating to the Art Deco ...