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Place of Origin: Japanese
Rare Antique Monumental Japanese Imperial Carved Elm Altar Sideboard Console
Located in Dayton, OH
Important 19th C. Japanese Meiji Period ornately carved extreme high relief, credenza or bar back. Meticulously designed with one of a kind tooling. A breakfront form with three drawers over lower cabinets, topped by a hutch with shelves...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Elm
$48,000 Sale Price
52% Off
Japanese Ultimate Antique Door Knocker, Happiness And Longevity - 150 Years Old
Located in South Burlington, VT
The ultimate jumbo 13" diameter antique door knocker, Circa 1860 !
Rare Japanese Find- Imperial Family Crest- Auspicious "Long Life And Happiness"
Two halves of of an iron chrysan...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Iron
Old Japanese Hokkaido Folk Crafts Large Wood Carving Sitting Bear
Located in Niiza, JP
Wood carving The material is unknown, but it is said to be linden
360(W)× 440(H) × 370(D) [mm] 13kg
Estimate Packing Dimensions(Packaged in plywood and wooden frame)
40 CM × 55 CM ×...
Category
20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Tall Ikebana Basket, Bamboo & Black Accents, Suruga Sensuji Style
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage bamboo Ikebana basket features tall cylindrical shape with prominent rounded handle. The basket is woven of thin round bamboo strips that are secured with black fiber, addin...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
Japan Fine Old “Oribe” Granite Garden Lantern , Tea Master Hand Carved
Located in South Burlington, VT
Designed by Tea Master "Oribe"
Please view our video.
"Oribe designed this lantern to represent the secular nature of lanterns installed in private tea gardens"
Please view our v...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Japanese Furniture
Materials
Stone, Granite
Antique 19th Century Framed Japanese Silk Fans
Located in Norton, MA
Antique 19th century Framed Japanese Silk Fans comprising two attractively framed Japanese silk fans, one group with 3 Geishas, the other scenic with...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
$2,725 / set
Antique Kutani Tea Service, Japanese, Porcelain, Teapot, Cup & Saucer, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Kutani tea service. A Japanese, porcelain 6 person teapot and cups set, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Superb Japanese tea service...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Satsuma Pottery Buddhist Monks Vase with Shimazu Crest Mark
By Satsuma
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Satsuma pottery studio vase featuring multiple kesa-clad enlightened Buddhist monks on each side of the vase. The piece is finely detailed with rich raised gilt highlights throughout and beautifully decorated in gold and various hand painted other colors.
From the Meiji period (1868-1912).
This piece has the all-important Shimazu Family crest mark (red circle with a cross inside) on the base authenticating the work as an old and original Satsumaware work. The mark shows the pottery was made under the rule of the Shimazu clan.
From a Los Angeles Collection...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
An Exquisite and Large Pair of Meiji Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in Queens, NY
An Exquisite and Large Pair of Meiji Japanese Ginbari Cloisonné Enamel Vases with Peonies and Butterflies
This stunning pair of vases, crafted during the Meiji period (1868-1912), s...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Isamu Noguchi Akari Floor Lamp BB3-33S
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
Poetic Isamu Noguchi Akari floor lamp, model BB3-33S, designed by Isamu Noguchi, 1951.
Cast iron base with bamboo stem and a handmade washi paper shade.
Manufactured by Ozeki & Co. in Japan.
Marked with Noguchi signature and trademark red symbol on the shade.
Beautiful, very hard to find tall Akari E...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Japanese Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese wooden wabi-sabi board/Early 20th century/Display stand/MINGEI
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old wooden work board called a “Kate-Kiri-Ban,” which was used in the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, around the early 20th century. The name breaks down as fo...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Furniture
Materials
Chestnut
1951 Isamu Noguchi Akari Light Sculpture 70XL shade with BB3 base, New Old Stock
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Seattle, WA
An exceptionally rare and pristine example of Isamu Noguchi's Light sculpture: 70XL shade on BB3 base. Original box for the 70XL shade.
The bright red Sun and Moon stamp on the shad...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Steel
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 Showa Japanese Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Wall-Hanging Wooden Flower Vessel 1900s-1940s / Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old wall-mounted wooden vase made in Japan.
It was made in the early Showa period (1900s-1940s).
It looks like a work of sculpture that makes the most of the natural wood....
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Japanese Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Antique Japanese Singing Bowl Rose Gold 7" E4 Tone
Located in Somis, CA
A stunning antique Japanese singing bowl with beautiful rose gold-colored interior. Crafted in solid bronze with hand hammered divots and one broad cross band, the bowl embodies the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Fish 1860s-1900s / Figurine Object Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old carved wooden fish made in Japan.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s) and was carefully carved one by one using chestnut wood. The annual ring pattern th...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Furniture
Materials
Chestnut
Low rocking Chair Japanese Modern Style Bentwood Chair
By Studio Jig
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Bentwood rocking chair in the Japanese modern style. Made of Yoshino cedar which is a famous wood grown in the Yoshino district in Japan. It has characte...
Category
2010s Modern Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Cloisonne Bulbous Cabinet Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Cabinet Vase, circa 1880
A finely detailed Japanese Meiji period cloisonné cabinet vase, dating to the late 1...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Copper
Vintage 4-person Tea Set, Japanese, Ceramic, Teapot, Cups, After Arita, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 4-person tea set. A Japanese, ceramic teapot and cups service in the manner of Arita ware, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Delightfully decorated t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Japanese Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Syoren-In Kyoto
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
Category
1960s Showa Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Japanese Gold Lacquer Inro with Deer Image, Ojime, Wood Frog Netsuke, Makie Box
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The Inro is comprised of three stacked compartments and features a deer motif with mother of pearl accents, an ojime and a wooden frog netsuke. Inros were used to store items like m...
Category
1890s Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1920s 'Mouse' Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s.
Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan.
Initially a simply-carved button fas...
Category
1920s Taisho Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
1950s Japanese Secret Puzzle Box Wood Inlay Mt Fuji Floral
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1950s Japanese Decorative Secret Puzzle Trick Box Wood Inlay
Mt Fuji Floral
1.75 h x 4.5 w x 3.25
Original vintage, refer to images.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Singing Bowl Brown Earth E4 Tone
Located in Somis, CA
An unique antique Japanese singing bowl with beautiful brown earth colored exterior. Crafted in solid bronze with hand hammered divots, the bowl embodies the classic Japanese aesthe...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Drawer / Tansu Peddler Chest of drawers / 1868-1912s Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese drawer.
I think it is a called "Peddler's Tansu", which is used by merchants to carry goods far away.
"Peddler" refers to carrying and retailing products wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Iron
$800 Sale Price
33% Off
Japanese Antique Wood-Carved Water Buffalo/ Wooden Figurine/ Wabi-Sabi Primitive
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a wooden carved buffalo that has weathered naturally over the years.
It was used in a private home in the Tohoku region and is thought to have undergone gradual changes due ...
Category
Early 20th Century Primitive Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Antique Japanese Recycled Saki-Ori Farmer’s Vest
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Recycled Saki-Ori Farmer’s Vest
This late 19th C recycled farmer’s vest from northern Japan was strip woven from repurposed cotton scraps in a technique known as sa...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Cotton
1860s-1910s Japanese antique 2 tier Large Mizuya tansu chest wabi sabi organic
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
This large 2 tier Mizuya tansu / side board, is a product of 1860s - 1910s (Meiji period), estimate from the style & conditions.
Originally made with traditional wood joinery without...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Japanese "Suiseki" Mountain View Scholar's Stone / Elegant Mountain Scenery
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stone mined in Japan.
Not only in China but also in Japan from ancient times, rocks in the mountains have been shaved and stones for viewing have been quarried.
Such stones for appreciation are collectively called "suiseki".
Suiseki means "water" and "stone".
The name comes from the fact that I enjoyed pouring water on the stones and changing the color of the stones.
And this item is also Suiseki, but it is for viewing without splashing water.
It is made with the image of a mountain view.
The flow of the river...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Japanese Furniture
Materials
Stone
1780s-1850s Edo Japanese antique Kiri medicine chest of drawers, wabi sabi tansu
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Tall apothecary chest, medicine chest of drawers - "Kusuri dansu" in Japanese - is a new finds from Hyogo pref., Japan. .
Product of late Edo era (1780s-1868), estimate from the styl...
Category
Late 18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
20th Century Showa Japanese Furniture
Materials
Stone
Mid 18th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Crows & Pines by Unkoku Toshuku.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Unkoku Toshuku (1722-1779)
Crows and Pines
A pair of six-panel Japanese Screens. Ink and gold leaf on paper.
Dimensions: Each Screen: H. 170.5 cm x W. 375 cm
Haha-cho or mynah birds, whose forms resemble crows in artwork, were commonly depicted in Japanese art. These types of paintings were originally modeled on paintings attributed to the 13th century Chinese painter Muqi (Mokkei), whose art was enormously influential in Japan. Crows only became a theme among Japanese artists from the later 1500s onward. They likely were inspired by these imported Chinese paintings of myna birds, which are not native to Japan, substituting the native species of crow instead.
The best known early examples of the depiction of Japanese crows are two Momoyama screen...
Category
Mid-18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Hexagonal Spice Jar, Japanese, Glazed Earthenware, Pot, Meiji, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hexagonal spice jar. A Japanese, glazed earthenware lidded pot, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Striking colour and charming decoration from the Meiji period.
Displays a desirable aged patina, some marks commensurate with age.
Distinctive hexagonal form a delight of bright green glaze.
Inset panels host foliate relief
Tapering circular lid with concentric detail in natural finish.
This is an appealing antique spice jar...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Miniature Vases Birds in Cherry
Located in Queens, NY
A pair of antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vases.
Each vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The wares are enameled with a polychrome image of a p...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Enamel
'Batman' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1966
Located in Devon, GB
Fabulously kitsch and colourful, this rare Japanese B2 poster advertised the first full length feature film of the DC Comics character Batman. Released by 20th century Fox in 1966 as...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Linen, Paper
Japanese Antique BK Small Drawer 1860s-1900s / Tansu Storage Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese black drawer storage.
The furniture is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is probably from the Tohoku region of Japan.
The material is mainly cedar w...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Revolver Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This handsome lighter is cast in the shape of a revolver. Perfect for any collector of smoking paraphernalia or firearm enthusiast. Meticulous attention to detail throughout makes fo...
Category
1980s Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Metal
1940s Japanese vintage wooden tansu chest of drawers, wabi sabi organic Japandi
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese Vintage Isho Tansu, clothes chest of drawers - fully made of quality Sugi cedar with unique, marble-like grains.
Manufactured in circa 1940s, estimate from the style, techni...
Category
1940s Organic Modern Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Set Of 10 Fitz and Floyd Renaissance Cerulean Blue Porcelain Service Plates
By Fitz and Floyd
Located in Norwood, NJ
Beautiful and elegant set of 10 Fitz and Floyd Renaissance Cerulean blue porcelain service plates. A wide rich blue border trimmed with a wi...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$956 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Service for 12 Stanley Roberts Tiburon Modern Stainless Bamboo Style Flatware
By Stanley Roberts
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beautiful 68 piece, service for twelve, large set of Stanley Roberts stainless steel flatware in the Tiburon bamboo pattern. This set consists of 12 forks, 12 salad forks, 12 soup sp...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
1960s Dansk Brass Stainless Cheese Slicer Japan
By Dansk
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Dansk Modernist design Brass Stainless Cheese Slicer Japan
1.25 h x 8.13 long x 2.75
Preowned vintage, refer to images.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Mid 19th Century Framed Japanese Painting. Snail, Wasp & Hollyhock.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Obata Tosho (1812-1886)
Snail, Wasp & Hollyhock
Late Edo period, mid 19th Century
Framed Japanese Painting. Ink and color on paper.
Individually framed 19th century bird and flow...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Wabisabi Drawer 1860s-1900s / Cabinet Storage Tansu Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old Japanese drawer.
It was built from the late Edo period to the Meiji period (1820-1912).
It is furniture that was used in shops rather than being used in ordinary hom...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Echizen Ware Edo Period Jar Tsubo Vase Pottery Japanese Wabi Sabi Ash Glaze
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Edo period Echizen kilns tsubo jar, circa 17th/18th century. Coil built with reddish iron oxide clay and buff colored ash glaze. Large Echizen jars were famous in their time ...
Category
18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
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 Showa Japanese Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,040 Sale Price
68% Off
Circa 1980s Japanese Pottery Platter by Terada Minoru
By Minoru Kano
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1980s pottery platter by Terada Minoru, Japan. An intriguing piece featuring a landscape with Mt. Fuji in the dominant background. Sculpted, painted & glazed front. Signed. Min...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Tea Set
Located in Newark, England
Extensively Decorated with Traditional Japanese Images
The Tea Set comprises of fifteen pieces including six cup and saucers, a lidded teapot, a lidded sugar pot and a milk jug. The...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Metallic Thread
Japanese Bronze Bud Vases Set/3
Located in Malibu, CA
An elegant set of Japanese bronze vases finished in the murashido technique.
The process involves splashing oils onto hot bronze to produce colored patina which often resemble a marb...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Japanese Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$556 Sale Price
30% Off
Isamu Noguchi Akari UF-3Q Light Sculpture
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Dronten, NL
Akari UF-3Q floor lamp designed by Isamu Noguchi, 1951. Manufactured by Ozeki & Co. in Japan.
Bambu structure covered by washi paper supported by a coated me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Japanese Furniture
Materials
Steel
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1970 western Two Mules for Sister Sara. This film was directed by Don Siegel and starred Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine.
This poster is the...
Category
1970s Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Drawer / Tansu Storage / Meiji Period Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese drawer.
It seems to be around the Meiji period (1868-1912s).
It is made of cedar, and the front of the drawer peels off the paint due to friction due to agi...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Iron
$1,040 Sale Price
48% Off
Vintage Mid-Century Brass Japanese Hand Fan Brass Wall Decor Art Paperweight
Located in San Gabriel, CA
Vintage Carved Brass Asian Inspired Fan Wall Hanging or Paperweight
Solid sturdy piece, in great vintage condition. Some patina to the back side
Intricately carved florals and drag...
Category
1970s Anglo-Japanese Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Brass
Expertly Restored - Tendo Mokko "Heron" Oak Lounge Chair with Ottoman
By Tendo Mokko
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Rosewood, Bentwood
Kaoru Kawano Signed Lifetime Edition Japanese Woodblock Print The Big Owl
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Studio City, CA
An engaging and quite coveted work by famed Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano who was known for his whimsical portrayals of women, children, and animals. Stylistically, he was one of the first Japanese artists to combine Western-style elements with the traditional methods of woodblock printmaking. This work is known as "The Big Owl" Kawano's owl images are some of his most popular works, this one in particular.
This print is hand signed in pencil and sealed (in red) by Kawano within the image.
This work is a quite rare self-printed lifetime print. Prints made and signed by Kawano are becoming harder to find.
A very beautiful and rich image. Would make for a great addition to any Japanese art and print collection or eye-catching stand-out accent work in about any setting.
Frame dimensions: 21.25" high, 16.25" wide, .5" deep
Viewable art: 14.5" x 9.5".
Please note that the work is framed but there is no glass covering...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Furniture
Materials
Paper
Maharam Pattern Tray Small by Scholten & Baijings
By Maharam, Karimoku New Standard, Scholten & Baijings
Located in New York, NY
Pattern Tray Small by Scholten & Baijings
001 Zest
Oak with blocks textile graphic. Made in Japan by Karimoku new standard.
Scholten & Baijings for Ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Japanese Furniture
Materials
Oak
Japanese Antique Altar Table Lamp Symbolic Of Wish Granting And Good Fortune
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare Buddhist Antique Altar Lamp- First We've Seen
Japanese rare Early Taisho Period Circa 1920's Buddhist temple altar lamp in the shape of the 'hoju' -the sacred buddhist symbol o...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Furniture
Materials
Copper
Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Umbrella Stand
By Imari Porcelain
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An ideal decoration for a stylish hallway, this Japanese Imari porcelain umbrella stand dates from the end of the 19th century. Known for its colourful decorative style, Imari porcelain features vivid hand-painted designs in bright shades of cobalt blue, red, gold and black and this unfussy but elegant cylindrical vase is a prime example. Also typical of the style is its busy motif of wise elders deep in conversation in a landscape, surrounded by radiant cherry blossoms and peonies, bamboo stems and pendulous willow boughs...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms
Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981)
Showa period, circa 1930
2-panel Japanese Screen
Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper
Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino.
Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Japanese Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Art Deco Asian Style Black and Red Lacquered Jewelry Box 1980s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art Deco Asian Japonisme style black and red lacquered jewelry box storage with 1980s.
Black wooden box lacquered with removable red tray with ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Old Japanese stone bowl/"Tsukubai"/Garden stone/Rain gutter stone/
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a traditional Japanese item.
In Japan, there is a culture of beautifying gardens.
One such item, often placed where guests wash their hands, is...
Category
20th Century Taisho Japanese Furniture
Materials
Stone
