Edo Furniture
EDO STYLE
Edo furniture was created during a flourishing time for the decorative arts owing to the stability of the Tokugawa shogunate rule in Japan. Spanning from 1603 to 1867, this era of peace and economic growth supported artistic advancements in lacquer, woodblock printing, porcelain and other artisanal trades. Because the country was largely isolated, there was little outside influence, leading to centuries of exceptional attention to the design of its furnishings and the quality of its traditional arts.
Unlike during the Meiji period that followed, with an increase in domestic and international markets, furniture during the Edo period was predominately commissioned by the ruling class, although people from across social groups benefited from the burgeoning metropolitan hubs for artisanal trades. For instance, Kyoto became a major center for lacquer art. Most furniture pieces were made from wood such as cedar or ash, including the era’s sashimono cabinets, which involved fine joinery and were rooted in the Heian period.
Sashimono cabinets, which were built by master craftsmen in a range of different wood types owing to the various trees that populate Japan, occasionally featured a stack of slender drawers as well as sliding doors. They were popular with everyone from samurai to kabuki actors. Tansu storage chests crafted from wood with metal fittings were also common in Edo-period homes. Some were designed to be easily portable while others were made to double as staircases.
Painted folding screens, called byōbu, were also fashionable, with Japanese artists inspired by nature, literature and scenes of history and daily life to create vivid works. In Buddhist temples and the palatial homes of the aristocratic class, fusuma, or large sliding panels, would sometimes be adorned with gold or silver leaf. These dividers allowed interiors to change throughout the day, closing in small spaces for personal use or reflecting candlelight to illuminate communal spaces after dark.
Find a collection of Edo tables, lighting, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Edo
Pair Antique 18th C Japanese Imari Gold Bowl Japan Figure Edo Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lobed and ribbed bowl with phoenix, flowering plants and floral scrolls. The ribbed wall and lobed edge, painted in overglaze enamels red, green and gold, black and grey/turqoise. Th...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Brocade Kesa Monk's Patched Robe Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
Kesa, known as "Jiasha" in Chinese and "Kasaya" in Sanskrit, is an out layer garment worn by the ordained Buddhist monks. Bearing a basic rectangular form, it developed originally in...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Textile, Brocade
Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Buddhist Literati in Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made Tsuba. The piece is unmarked. Dating to the Edo period
Provenance: Collected in the 1920's. Thence by decent
A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housi...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Buddhist Clouds in Silver, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made Tsuba. The piece is unmarked. Dating to the Edo period
Provenance: Collected in the 1920’s. Thence by decent
A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housi...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Polychrome Plate Landscape Dragon Phoenix, 1660-1680
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
An Arita dish in storage box.
Edo Period ( 17th century)
Decorated in overglaze enamel on underglaze blue. Flowers, landscape, Dragon and Phoenix.
Color bursting from it.
Period; 16...
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17th Century Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Large Dish Fan Decoration, Ca 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice edo period, 1666/1680, example. A rare version with Fan in the border
Unmarked
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Kusazoshi Book Edo Period, circa 1860
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Japanese Kusazoshibook Edo period, circa 1840 Woodblack print book Book dimensions 176mm x 117mm There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the photos....
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1860s Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Paper
Lovely Japanese 19th c Edo Scroll Okumura Sekiran Nihonga Painting Mountain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
"Early Summer Colored Waterfall" is a work drawn by Sekiran Okumura as you can see.
The brilliance of the fresh greenery and the cool, powerful presence of the waterfall are overw...
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18th Century Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk
Antique Edo Kakiemon Style Porcelain Bowl with Reticulated Corners, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful Bowl. Arita early 18th century.
Underglaze blue and overglaze red
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Peri...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Buddhist Mirror and Dragon Stand, Edo Period, early 19th c, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A powerful and rare Japanese Buddhist "sacred" mirror and stand, Edo Period, late 18th or early 19th century, Japan.
The bronze mirror is housed in a two part gilt wood and lacquer ...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Ko-Imari Porcelain Edo Period Dish Antique Japan, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you a very nice example of the Edo period. A scene of a deer in a landscape under an overhanging pine tree. Objects and flowers in the rim and moulded outer rim.
Additi...
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17th Century Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Japanese Garniture Porcelain Vase Imari Edo Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Amazing set for decorating your home. Interesting foo dogs/lions as handles on the lids. The have small holes in them.
Condition:
Lids; 2 with restored chip and in some chips ...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Six Panel Screen, Snow Scene at Water’s Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Snow Scene at Water's Edge with Flowers and Waterfowl. Edo period painting (mid 19th century) of plum, bamboo, white camellias, cranes and mandarin ducks ...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Chinese Coins
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made Tsuba. The piece is unmarked. Dating to the Edo period
Provenance: Collected in the 1920's. Thence by decent
A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housi...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Important Japanese six-fold screen depicting The Tale of The Genji, 17th century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An important Japanese six-fold screen, depicting episodes from The Tale of The Genji
Edo period, 17th century
Ink and colour on gilded paper, H. 155 x W. 380 cm
The Tale of Genji...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Paint, Paper
Japanese Woodblock Print Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Hiroshige
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Number: 44 Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month
Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page)
Format: Vertical Oban
Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only.
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ko-Sen
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Additional marks: Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame.
Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MIA (Minneapolis Institute of Art) Accession Number P.75.51.398; MFA...
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1850s Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Chinese Vase Late Qing Dynasty or Republic Porcelain Made into a Lamp
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Top quality vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Interesting article about Japanese Cloisonne can be found here;
https://www.sothebys .com/en/articles/japanese-cloisonne-enamels...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Vases Japanese, Circa 1800 Blue Red Gold
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite pair of mid Edo period large Japanese Ko-Imari porcelain vases in an attractive baluster shape boasting intricate patterns of floral and highly detailed geometric motifs that beautifully intertwine on the body of the handsome vases, creating captivating landscapes in dark blue, orange and gold details throughout, which is characteristic of Imari porcelain from the Edo Period.
The two scalloped cartouches on each vase with highly decorated and elaborate borders recreate the pine, plum and bamboo motif known as “Sho-Chiku-Bai” or the “Three Friends of Winter.”
The impressive pine trees in cobalt blue decorated with gold details dominate the landscape on white background. The two small delicately scalloped cartouches appearing in the middle of the long neck of the vases depict playful rabbits among trees.
The late father of the collector of this exquisite pair, who operated one of the leading kilns in the historic Imari-Arita region of Japan, travelled extensively to Europe in the early 1960s with a mission that he led, to purchase and bring back to Japan antique ceramics...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold
Japanese Woodblock Print Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Hiroshige
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Number: 5: Settsu Province: Sumiyoshi, Idemi Beach
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month
Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page)
Format: Vertical Oban
Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only.
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
Block Cutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Additional marks: Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame.
Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MFA Boston...
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1850s Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Paper
A Rare Miniature 17C Edo period Ko-Kutani / Ko-Imari Porcelain Leaf Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A great dish dating to most probably the second half of the 17th century, delicate painting and shape. Very interesting small size.
We have found a similar Japanese dishes in the sh...
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17th Century Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Japanese Edo Period Lacquer Kogo (Incense) Box, late 17/early 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Early Japanese Lacquer Incense Box (Kogo) Late 17thc. Of rectangular form with soft corners, decorated with a diaper pattern in gold lacquer on a brownish black ground, with pewter r...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Pewter
A very rare 17C Edo period Kakiemon Dish Porcelain Fuku Mark Dish Blue and White
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A great dish dating to most probably the second half of the 17th century, delicate painting and shape. Very interesting.
With landscape scene with trees, birds, rocks and flowers.
W...
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17th Century Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Edo-Meiji Phoenix Birds Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Edo-Meiji Phoenix Birds Screen
Period: Edo-Meiji
Size: 360 x 152 cm (141.73 x 60 inches)
SKU: PD16
This gorgeous silk screen from the Edo-Meiji period showcases mythical phoenix bi...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Paper
Lovely Late Edo Period Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Landscape Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Artist: "Hineno Taiyama"
End of the Edo period painter. Osaka production.
Hine Taizan (Hine Taizan, 10 years of culture (1813)-March 13, 1868 (April 24, 1869) is a literary painter...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk
Late Edo Period 19th Century Japanese Pillar Clock, Shaku-Dokei, C. 1820
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Elegant Japanese pillar clock, 'SHAKU-DOKEI', c. 1820
The very fine 30-hour, weight-driven movement is constructed between bars and consists ...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Japanese Edo Period Noh Theater Mask with Red, Black and Golden Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Edo period "Noh" theater mask from the 17th to 19th century. Created in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868), this mask captures our attention with its striking expression and contrasting colors. Noh, a form of theater involving music, dance and drama and originating in the 14th century, uses...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Horse Festival Black Lacquer Medallion with Tassels and Bells, Edo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese horse festival black lacquer medallion with tassels with bells, Edo period.
When horses participate in festivals they are adorned with horse trappings and other decoratio...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Exceptional Antique 19th c Japanese or Chinese Porcelain Vase with figures
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and beautifully made piece with different kind of motiffs, dragons, flaming pearl
Condition
some usual ware and traces of use. Could do with a cleaning. Size: 38x24.5CM Diame...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Small wooden Buddha statue from the Edo period in Japan/17th to 19th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We are pleased to present a small wood carving of a flanking Bodhisattva made around the Edo period.
This work is thought to be one of the Kannon ...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Cypress
Lovely Japanese 18th c Edo Scroll by Tamamine Hasegawa , Flowers 19th c
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
The following is a beautiful work of Fuyo drawn by Hasegawa using a skillful brush.
[Hasegawa]
1822-1879 Painter from the late Edo period to the Meiji period.
*Painter born...
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19th Century Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk
Gold Lacquer Incense Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Gold Lacquer Kōbako (Incense Box)
Edo Period (1615–1868), Circa 1850
This exquisite gold lacquer kōbako (incense box) exemplifies the refined craftsmans...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Gold Leaf
Naruko Kokeshi Doll
Located in Barcelona, ES
Japanese doll called Kokeshi of the early 20th century. Provenance from the northern Japan. Dolls shapes and patterns are particular to a certain area and are classified under elev...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Iwayaki Earthenware Edo Incense Burner of a Turtle 19th Century Japan, J
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely made and large incense burner or Okimono of a turtle. In earthenware with nice patina. Shimane Prefecture Iwayaki (Nagahama Yaki) Turtle figurine. The head and part of the bac...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Illustration to an unidentified chapter of the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Tosa School (second half of the 17th Century)
Ink, pigment, gofun and...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ko-Imari Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Plate Antique Blue White 17th c
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A rare porcelain dish, Arita Kilns. Superb decoration.
Condition
Overall Condition; 1 chip with a Silver ot Tin repair. Measures: 148mm x 27mm
Perio...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Iga Mizusashi 'Water Container for the Tea Ceremony'
Located in Hudson, NY
17th to 18th century Iga ware from Fushinan, Kyoto. Iga embodies the essence of tea ceremony's requirements for wabi-sabi, which appreciates the beauty in imp...
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Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese "Lying Bizen ware" 18th Century / Pottery Vase Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a Japanese Bizen ware. It is called Ko-Bizen.
It is estimated to have been made in the Edo period (18th century), and has a very powerful presence.
Ko-Bizen refers to Bizen ...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Inro in gold kinji lacquer representing chrysantemum flowers on all sides
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautifull Inro of three compartments made in kinji lacquer with an hiro maki-e ornament chrysanthemum flowers of gold and silver lacquer. Inside is in fundame lacquer.
Signed by Josen Zo and stamped by Seisan
Presented with an Ojime in metal in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower and with its netsuke representing two chrysanthemum flower buds.
The chrysanthemum (kiku) in not only the heraldic symbol of the Japanese imperial family...
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Early 19th Century Asian Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Early 19th Century Rimpa School Floral Screen
By Rimpa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Early 19th Century Rimpa School Floral Screen
Period: Early 19th Century
Dimensions: 367x171 cm (144.5x67.3 inches)
SKU: RJ118
This 6-panel gold-leafed screen is a splendid represe...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Momoyama Edo Bizen Ware Pottery Wabi-Sabi Art Tsubo Jar Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning Bizen ware stoneware vase/jar/vessel - produced sometime during the late Momoyama period (1568-1600) / Early Edo Period (1603-1867). Bizen yaki...
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16th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Early 19th Century Rimpa School Floral Screen
By Rimpa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Early 19th Century Rimpa School Floral Screen
Period: Early 19th Century
Dimensions: 367x171 cm (144.5x67.3 inches)
SKU: RJ118/2
This 6-panel gold-leafed screen is a splendid repre...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Puppy Nestuke in boxwood
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood representing a puppy with incrusted eyes made of buffalo horns. Its mouth is open, as if it was barking, it also wears a knotted collar and holds a ball between it...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
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Boxwood
Japanese Six Panel Screen Battle of Uji Bridge
Located in Hudson, NY
The first battle at Uji was in 1180 and was the beginning of the Heike Wars.
This screen depicts a famous scene from the Heike Wars. Two Heike generals, Sasaki Takatsuna and Kajiwa...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
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Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Lacquered Incense Box Kobako in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique lacquered small box that was likely used to contain incense powder (it is called Kobako in Japanese), circa early to mid-19th century of the Edo...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Porcelain Flower Tea Cup Bowl & Saucer Imari Edo Period, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely set from the edo period.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Decoration Type / Colour: Imari
Japanese Style: Imari
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 18th cent...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Two Panel Screen Amorous Cranes and Turtles
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Amorous Cranes and Turtles. In Japan, cranes symbolize fidelity as they mate for life and turtles symbolize longevity. Additionally, this screen also has the Japanese motif of sho-chiku-bai, or the three friends of winter (pine, plum, and bamboo). So called the three friends of winter because all three flourish during the cold months. This screen was originally fusuma doors...
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1850s Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
A Single Late 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screen, in the manner of Soga Chokuan
Located in London, GB
Six gouache painted scenes of tethered hawks, laid down to form a six panel screen, with pigment and ink on rice paper, surrounded by thickly set gold leaf border, and Japanese silk ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Woodblock Print the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Hiroshige
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright)
Number: 40 Chiryu: The Former Site of the Irises at Eightbridge Village
(Chiryu, Yatsuhashimura kakitsubata no koseki)
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1855
Format: Vertical Oban
Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only.
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo
Seals: Aratame and date
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu...
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1850s Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese Blue Gold Cream Porcelain Charger by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese Ko-Imari style large decorative porcelain charger, hand painted in gold, blue, cream and red, a signed masterpiece by widely acclaimed award-winning m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Hand-Painted Four Panel Table Top Koi Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A softly painted four panel table top screen. The wood frame has chased and shaped metal tabs at the top and bottom corners and with brass nail heads overall. With pale pattered fabr...
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20th Century Asian Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper, Fabric
Kano School ca 1700 Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 17/18c Artist Tosa Mitsunari
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, the "Edo period" Kano school old painting Unryu Horaiyama map / with a box.
It is a
very tasty work , which is a map of Unryu and Horaiyama that makes you feel a un...
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Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk
Set of Six Japanese Ido Period Shunga 'Erotica' Hanging Lacquered Wood Panels
Located in North Miami, FL
These magnificent lacquered wood panels have been mounted together on a lucite panel. Each panel has its original hanging handle. The panels are hanging on antique railroad...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Lovely Japanese 18/19th c Edo Scroll Kano Osanobu Nihonga Painting Mountain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Kano Osanobu (狩野養信)
Osanobu Kano (born August 18, 1796; died June 12, 1846) was the ninth painter of the Kobikicho Kano School in the Edo period. His common name was Shozaburo. His father was Naganobu KANO, and Tadanobu KANO was his son. His Go (pen name) was Osanobu Seisenin, Kaishinsai, and Gyokusen.
Brief Personal History
He was born the eldest son of Naganobu ISENIN during the Edo period. He was first sent to serve at Edo Castle at the age of 15, and it appears that he was apparently pushed by his father to perform various public tasks for the Kanon School. He kept a diary for 36 years, starting from the day before he first went into service at Edo Castle until the day before he died. The diary is entitles "Official Service Diary" (it consists of 52 volumes that are maintained at the Tokyo National Museum, and 4 volumes that are separately maintained at the different families), and have become the focus of a lot of attention in recent years for the detailed information they present on the daily life and work of a prestigious official painter. The reading of the characters of his name was originally "Takenobu"; however, with the birth of the first son of the Shongun Ieyoshi TOKUGAWA in 1813, whose name was Takechiyo, having a sylable with the same pronunciation of "Take"was deemed to be inappropriate, and was therefore changed to "Osanobu". Because Takenobu died the following year, after which he was referred to as Gyokujuin, Osanobu changed his pen name Gyokusen he had used until that point to Seisenin, in order to avoid using the same Chinese charcter pronounced alike. In 1819, he attained the second highest rank for a Buddhist priest, Hogen, and assumed the role of head of the family after his father passed away in 1828. In 1834 he attained the highest rank for a Buddhist priest, Hoin. He oversaw the rennovation of the wall paintings of Nishinomaru Palace of Edo Castle from 1838 to 1839, and Honmaru Palace of it from 1844 to 1846. It is thought that Osanobu later died due to the fatigue...
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18th Century Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk
18th Century Japanese Gennai Ware Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century Japanese Gennai Ware vase, known for its bright coloring, Gennai Ware was produced by Hiraga Gennai (1728-1780), a scientist and intellectual who lived in what is now Shido, Kagawa Prefecture. Gennai Ware is stylistically similar to Kochi Ware which is an early Chinese pottery...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Unusual Antique 1690-1720 Japanese Imari Mustard Pots Arita Edo Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Gratefull to share these two small mustard pots with you. Ca 1690-1720.
Miniature mustard pot of baluster shape moulded as an opening lotus flower, on a ribbed conical stem. Curve...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Japanese Blue and White Arita Porcelain Charger, Edo Period, 19th C, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A large Japanese blue and white decorated Arita porcelain charger, Edo Period, early 19th century, Japan.
The large and shallow blue and white Arita porcelain charger measures 18 ...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo Grove on Mulberry Paper with Gold Dust
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting of a bamboo grove with blooming flowers and gold dust mists. Painted in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold dust and a silk brocade border.
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold
Pair of Edo Period Black and Gold Lacquer Samurai Helmet Boxes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Edo period black and gold lacquer Samurai helmet boxes (Hakko Bako), each of ribbed cylindrical form with a lid, a black lacquer interior,...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Edo furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Edo 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, wall decorations, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Edo 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 Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige), Arita, Ryosuke Harashima, and Kitagawa Utamaro. 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 $55 and tops out at $1,386,932 while the average work can sell for $2,989.
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Wood Tobacco Figure
146 X 12
18th Century French Bronze Putto
18th Century Copper Bowl
1960 Wrought Iron Dining Table With Glass
19th Century Italian Marble Clocks
5 Ft Sofa
606 Art
7 Ft Mirror
77 Etched
A G S Mirror
Albert Dammouse
Altar Fruit
Angel Table Marble
Anri Italy