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Place of Origin: Japanese
ARKO Wall Art13 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Allargando
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of ...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Antique Japanese Embroidered Apron (Mae-Kake)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Embroidered Apron (Mae-Kake)
This beautiful dark indigo cotton apron has tight sashiko embroidered stitching on both sides, on one side the hemp-leaf (asa no ha) pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Omi-Onna Mask with Custom Box 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring female mask made for the Japanese Noh theatre.
This mask is handcrafted and carved from natural wood and lacquer.
Omi-Onna's (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Kajiwara Chiryu Japanese Menburyu Mask Depicting Furyu Character
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Presenting a captivating Menburyu mask, originating from Saga Prefecture's traditional temple drama theater in Japan. This particular mask represents the character of Furyu, a male e...
Category
20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Japanese 3 Tea Cups from Mid-Century Studio Pottery
Located in Norton, MA
Vintage Japanese 3 tea cups from mid-century studio pottery.
In good original new condition and just found in the warehouse, never used before.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
A Kendo Mask & Bust Protection Japan 1930s
Located in HYÈRES, FR
A Kendo mask and bust protection.
Japan 1930s.
Very good patina.
In original good condition
Category
1930s Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Rope, Wood
19th Century Japanese Meiji Iki mask
Located in London, GB
19th Century Japanese Meiji Iki mask
A Japanese Meiji period Iki mask dated from the late 19th Century, depicting a dynamic expressive human face, with glass eyes and hair and a burn...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Japanese Seated Edo Buddha Amida Nyorai Wood Carved & Gilt-Lacquered Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
This truly a magnificent piece. Stunning. Beautiful. Supremely serene.
Meticulously hand carved in such fine and amazing detail (see hands and flowing robes). Gilded throughout. Sea...
Category
Late 19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Chujo, Early Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theatre.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker, clearly a mast...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Signed Showa Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Buddhist Monk Shunkan
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully carved, wonderfully crafted, highly engaging mask made for Japanese Noh theatre.
The mask is handcrafted and hand carved from natural wood and is signed and sealed b...
Category
20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Japanese Lacquer Mask
Located in New York, NY
Large Japanese lacquer and Papier-Mâché (19th Century) Iki Ningyo mask or sometimes referred to as Noh mask, mounted on custom painted metal base. Trim...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Daruma Doll HIMEDARUMA Yuhime-ningyo Ehime 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a doll which is called Yuhime-Ningyo.
These dolls are made in Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture.
The kimono which the doll is wearing is made with silk.
We say that these dolls ar...
Category
1990s Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain, Silk, Plastic
Japanese Signed Showa Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Demon Hashihime 橋姫
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, grotesquely alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theatre.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker.
Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Old, Set of 5 Japanese Tea Cups, Signed
Located in Norton, MA
Old - set of 5 Japanese Teacups with hand-painted paintings, signed at the bottoms.
Original box included
In good original new condition and just foun...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$325 / set
Pair of Japanese Mid-Century Studio Pottery Tea Cups
Located in Norton, MA
In good original new condition and just found in the warehouse, never used before.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Antique signs, Abstract Art, Wabi-Sabi, Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a wooden signboard that was used during the Taisho period.
Years of use and aging have given it a beautiful abstract appearance. You can hang it on the wall and enjoy it lik...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Camphor Wood Campaign Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 20th century Japanese Camphor Wood Campaign chest, WW I or WW II vintage, a sailor's camphor wood chest with brass binding and clasps, with original key and period decals. It i...
Category
Early 20th Century Campaign Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
ARKO Wall Art11 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Rubato
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of cont...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
ARKO Wall Art15 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Rinforzando
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Japanese Asian Large Ceramic Stoneware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Bowl Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly magnificent in size and execution Japanese stoneware studio pottery charger/bowl. This exceptionally large and heavy asymmetrical work features a circular swirl design patter...
Category
20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Antique Tengu's Face / Objet / 1868-1912s / Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is the old Tengu surface that was used in the Kyushu region of Japan.
It is thought to be from around the Meiji period.
Tengu noodles are said to be an amulet, a blessing, and...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
ARKO Wall Art16 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Sostenuto
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of c...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Vintage Toy, Small Motorcyclist, Made in Japan, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Boy on Tricycle is an original vintage toy.
Vintage friction toy representing a motorcyclist on his bike.
Small toy made in tin in Japa...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 2 Mask
Located in Paris, FR
Mask Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 2, with real natural hair Geisha wig
on head model and with Nô Theater natural wood mask.
Base: 28,5x26,3cm.
Category
1950s Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Statue of Dakini Ten
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare and highly unusual antique Japanese statue of the esoteric deity 'Dakini Ten,' a Buddhist goddess who was associated with the agricultural...
Category
1770s Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 1 Mask
Located in Paris, FR
Mask Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 1, with real natural hair Geisha wig
on head model and with Nô Theater white painted wood mask.
Measures: Base: 28,5 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Old Japanese Anonymous Handicraft Mechanical Wooden Toy Flying Bird with wheel
Located in Chiba, JP
Old Japanese mechanical toy as amateur wooden handicraft from Showa period, 20th century. When wheeled back and forward tightly, head shaking and wings flapping but as barely and awk...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Noh Edo Period Lion Mask II
Located in Pasadena, CA
This another superb example of an Edo Period early 18th century or earlier Lion Mask created for the Lion Dances of the Gion Matsuri Festival. The mask is i...
Category
Early 18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Collection of Japanese and Chinese Masks
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of eight Japanese and Chinese masks, circa 1950s or earlier. These were recently purchased from the Manhattan estate of a Japanese man who travel...
Category
1950s Chinoiserie Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$4,500 / set
Framed Wood Block Print Kabuki Character by Japanese Artist Takahashi Shozan
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A Japanese Folk Art woodblock print by Shozan Takahashi of the Otsu-e School. This figural print is an excellent example of Takahashi Shozan's adept knowledge of traditional block pr...
Category
20th Century Anglo-Japanese Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Wind-Up Toy, Circa 1950 "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a very rare toy that I have not seen an example of before, and judging by it's action and appearance, I would venture to say it is post war, probably made in Japan for the American market (boy looks very American). I have called it "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" which resembles the clockwork movement. To operate: hold the toy in the left hand with thumb on chest and then; wind up attached original key with the right hand several times; and release. With a smiling face, the boy will roll his head back and forth, while diligently shining his black boots, using an up and down motion with his right hand. The toy works quite well and will go on for some time. It is made up of several materials. The head, hands, and shoes are made of composition; it has a tin body; the clothes jersey, hat, and "falling" trousers" are made of fabric. The toy is in good original condition; some wear to boy's hat and jersey in back (see images), a slight "bend" to tinplate in the rear; but for the most part, the toy is very sturdy, works well, has a nice appearance, and wonderful charisma.
This is a charming rare toy that operates as it should, and is a "must have" for collectors of post-war vintage wind up toys...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Composition, Tin
Antique Japanese Recycled Zanshiori Jacket
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Recycled Zanshiori Jacket
Zanshi-ori cloth is woven from leftover cotton and silk threads, either from commercial kimono production or from home-produced recycled y...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Solid Brass Ship's Anchor Lantern with Fresnel Lens by Nippon Sento Co. LTD
By Nippon Sento Company Ltd
Located in Norwell, MA
Ship's lantern, solid brass anchor lantern by Japanese maker Nippon Sento Co. LTD, Tokyo, Japan. Circa 1970. This was a back up emergency lantern from a supertanker in the event it l...
Category
1970s Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Japanese Wood Bugaku Mask of Korobase Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking Japanese carved wood mask with polychrome paint and lacquer surface. This rare mask is dated to the Edo period (first half of 19th century and possibly earlier). The mask ...
Category
19th Century Japonisme Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Japanese Theatre Mitsumekozo Theatre Mask Meiji Period, circa 1900
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Unusual Japanese Folk Art theatre mask depicting the playful character Mitsumekozo, a three eyed goblin often portrayed as a mischevious creature in comical plays, late Meiji period,...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Silk Haori Jacket Shibori Red 2000s Heisei
Located in Paris, FR
This is a silk jacket which was made in Japan.
It was made in Heisei era around 2000s.
The haori is a traditional Japanese hip- or thigh-length jacket worn over a kimono. Resembling...
Category
Early 2000s Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Silk
1958 Brass "Not Under Command" Ship's Anchor Lantern by Nippon Sento Co. LTD
By Nippon Sento Company Ltd
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ship's anchor lantern with glass Fresnel lens. Wired with electricity. Japanese maker's badge from by Nippon Sento Co. LTD, Tokyo, Japan, dated 1958. Meticulously polishe...
Category
1950s Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Japanese Wooden Object AINU Statue Bear 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an object of a person from Hokkaido prefecture in Japan.
They are called Ainu.
This object is all hand carved. It was made around 1980s in Showa era.
It is made with wood.
...
Category
1980s Showa Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Ainu Sword Holder (Emushat), Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Ainu Sword Holder (Emushat), Japan
Emushats were worn over the shoulder and served to limit movement of a short sword and keep it in place. Mostly constructed of linden fibe...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Old Wooden Netsuke Japanese Peanuts Meiji Period, Japan, 19/20th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century.
Weight: 9 grams
Provenance: Collected in the 1980’s. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen...
Category
20th Century Meiji Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$768 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Antique Formal Japanese Silk Tsutsugaki Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare Antique Formal Japanese Silk Tsutsugaki Futon Cover
An exceptional example of tsutsugaki from the late Meiji period. The abstract rendering of the auspicious phoenix and paulo...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
20th Century Japanese Fishing Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
20th century Japanese fishing basket. Beautifully woven with long rope handles. Handles extend approximately 2 feet past the top of the basket....
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Reed
Wood Carving Penis Figurine Wabi Sabi Object Vintage Asia 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved figurine statue. we don't know anything about the item, but believe it was made in Japan in the 1960s. Ideal decoratio...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Badge of Buddhist Shinshu-OtaniHa 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a pin badge of a person who was with Shinshu-Otani ha.
It was made in Japan around 1990s. It is made with metal and it will come with a wooden box.
Ōtani-ha is a Japanese Bu...
Category
1990s Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Japanese Ship's Lantern of Solid Brass by Nippon Sento Co. LTD
By Nippon Sento Company Ltd
Located in Norwell, MA
Genuine solid brass ship's lantern by Japanese maker Nippon Sento Co. LTD. Clear Fresnel glass lens with removable red filter. Mid twentieth century anchor lantern that has been meti...
Category
1960s Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Achan or vintage Sony Boys, set of 2
By Sony Corporation
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
Pair of "Atchan" aka Sony Boy. Figure introduced by Sony in 1956 as a mascot for the launch of the first transistor device, appearing in advertisements for the TR-55. The pair consis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
$3,576 / set
Antique Japanese Indigo-Dyed Double Ikat Kimono
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Indigo-Dyed Double Ikat Kimono
This deeply saturated indigo-dyed kimono is made of heavy-weight hand-spun cotton and precisely patter...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban
Han-juban are worn under kimono. This example, without its original cotton sleeves, displays a unique stencil-dyed pattern with indigo. A ve...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Wooden Object AINU Statue Fish 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an object of a person from Hokkaido prefecture in Japan.
They are called Ainu.
This object is all hand carved. It was made around 1980s in Showa era.
It is made with wood.
...
Category
1980s Showa Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Asian Hand Painted Lacquered Temple Shrine Plaque Horses, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and intricate work likely originally from a Japanese temple. The hand painted scene depicts a single rider and group of frolicking horses set against a gorgeous countrysi...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Pair of Mashiko Yaki Japanese Mid-Century Studio Pottery Yunomi
Located in Norton, MA
A very stylish Japanese Mashiko Yaki studio pottery Yunomi with stylized designs in panels set within a brown glazed body in the manner of Shoji Hamada an...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Naruko Kokeshi Folk Art Wood Doll by Kumagai Otsu
Located in London, GB
Japanese Kokeshi folk art wood doll by Kumagai Otsu. There are ten types of Kokeshi doll, this is the Naruko variety. Measuring height 23.5 cm / 9.25 inches by diameter at the base 5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Framed Japanese Painting of Samurais and Archers
Located in Greenwich, CT
refined Japanese brush painting of samurais and archers in the landscape, a section originally from a handscroll.
ink and color on silk. Cons...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Mid Century Japanese Tin Litho Toy Car Ford Falcon Friction C1960
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Ford Falcon Japanese Tin Litho Friction Toy Car C1960. In excellent vintage condition with minimal, if any wear. Came from a large lot of toys th...
Category
1960s Industrial Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Japanese Noh theatre Carved Painted Wooden Ko-Omote Mask
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique Japanese Noh theatre hand carved and painted wooden mask of Ko-Omote.
Sculpted in Japan in the 19th century, Ko-omote (literally ...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cypress, Paint
Japanese Asian Hand Painted Lacquered Temple Shrine Plaque Peacock, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and intricate work likely originally from a Japanese temple. The hand painted scene depicts a majestic peacock posed against a gorgeous countryside landscape.
Would be...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Mid Century Tin Litho Friction Police Highway Patrol Helicopter, C1960, Japan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous friction helicopter from Japan C 1960. Toy works great, push copter and the blades start spinning. Does not fly, nor was it intended to. Great graph...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Tin
20th Century Abstract Iron Sculpture, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century Hollow Abstract Iron Sculpture, Japan
This heavy hollow iron sculpture by an unknown Japanese metalsmith is a knockout from every angle. It measure 9 inches high by 9 i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Iron
A Knife With Asian Decorations & Original Handle From 1960s.
Located in Lejre, DK
This knife, featuring Asian decorations and an original handle, dates back to around the 1960s. It is a fine example of mid-20th century craftsmanship, combining both functional and...
Category
1960s Other Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Modern Creative Kokeshi Doll by Hideo Ishihara, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare Modern creative Kokeshi doll by Hideo Ishihara, Japan
This rare whimsical sosaku kokeshi was created and signed by the award winning master, Hid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
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