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.
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Style: Edo
Woodblock Print Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo by Hiroshige Hirokage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865)
Series: Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo
Number: 40 "Towboats on the Yotsugi-dori Canal"
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1859
Form...
Category
1850s Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese wooden mask
Located in Brescia, IT
A rare three-eyed Japanese Bukaku comic demon mask, dating from the early Edo period, but could also be from the late Momoyama period.
The early Edo period is the golden age of Noh t...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
$4,488
Japanese Parcel Gilt Copper Hibachi, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Japanese parcel gilt copper hand warmer, hibachi, with chrysanthemum design, Edo Period, 18th century, Japan.
The hand warmer, called a...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Copper
Japanese porcelain bowl glazed in white and blue, 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rectangular Japanese porcelain bowl decorated in blue and white colours. Motives of a poem and a rooster and hen.
A very attractive piece of Japanese porcelain. Both the motive an...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$803 Sale Price
20% Off
large lacquer plate
Located in VILLENEUVE-LÈS-AVIGNON, FR
Large wooden and red/gold lacquer plate
Edo Period (1603-1868) Japan
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$2,067
Red and Gold Lacquer Portable Tea Bucket and Cover Ryukyu Kingdom Okinawa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and complete set of wood bucket with cinnabar lacquer and gold paint housing a pewter tea pot with a fabric pouch from Ryukyu Kingdom, Second Shō dynasty, circa 19th century. Located in nowadays Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Ryukyu kingdom (1429 to 1879) was a tributary state of imperial Ming...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Japanese Silk Suijaku Scroll Nyorai-Kojin with Mixed Buddhism and Shinto Deities
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk Suijaku hanging scroll beautifully presented in a custom wood shadow box frame from Edo period (circa 18-19th century). The scroll, surmounted on golden brocade was painted in fine details with gouache, ink and gold powder highlight, served as a Suijaku mandala for the worshippers. Honji Suijaku is a complicated religious concept uniquely developed in Japan. It mixed and hybrid the Buddism deities with native shinto spirits (known as Kami), which were seen as local manifestations (the suijaku, literally means a "trace") of Buddhist deities (the honji literally the original ground). The original idea may lie with the synergetic strategy to spread Buddism by making it more relatable to the local population who had already worshiped Shinto gods. The paradigm, adopted in the 10th century from an orignal Chinese concept, remained a defining feature of Japanese religious life up to the end of the Edo period (1868). Instead of being confined to deities, its application was often extended to historical figures as shown on this scroll.
This long hanging scroll depicts an arrangement of 21 figures including Buddhism and Shinto deities as well as two historical figures on the bottom. Each figure was name-tagged in Kanji for easy identification by the worshippers. It was used in the temple or shrine so that when the worshipper prayed in front the mandala, they prayed simultaneously to all the deities.
On the very top, sits Nyorai-Kojin, a hybrid deity of Nyorai Buddha and Kojin, the kaki for fire, stove and kitchen. From the top to bottom and left to right, here is the list of the deities: Kanon with Thousand Hands, Kanon with Willow Branch, Monju Bosatsu...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
Edo Period Spectacular Samurai Abumi, Stirrups Inlayed with Silver
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Spectacular Samurai Stirrups
These spectacular samurai stirrups are a fine example of Japanese craftsmanship. They are made of iron with silver and b...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Antique Japanese Carved Village Buddha Enku Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A carved wood buddha with lacquered surface in the style of Erku (1632–1695), a monk from Edo period who was famous for hand-carving Buddha statues in a primitive style. From a single wood block of what appears to be cedar, the standing buddha was carved in an unpolished manner with exposed knife strokes that effectively depicted a subtly smiling face and the folding of the cascading robes. The rustic style is full of Mingei charm being a great example of Japanese Buddhism...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Ikkesai Yoshiiku - Yaji and Kita at Oji Fox Shrine
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Ikkesai Yoshiiku
Yaji and Kita at Oji Fox Shrine, from the Series “Tokyo Nichnichi Shimbun”
Creator
Ikkesai Yoshiiku
Japanese1833–1904
Date
1874
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Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Paper
A Japanese Bronze Monkey Smoking A Pipe
Located in Dallas, TX
A Japanese bronze monkey smoking a pipe. Early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese bronze incense burner in the form of an owl Signed Murata Seimin 村田製眠
Located in PARIS, FR
A bronze okimono of an owl, constructed in two sections, the short-eared owl (detachable) perched on a tree branch with its head cocked quizzically to the right and its wings folded ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese ceramic box with lid, 19th c
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese ceramic box with lid. The glazing has motives of flying swans. A signature at the bottom of the box.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$1,370 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Exceptional Daimyo Hand Warmers
Located in Hudson, NY
The daimyo were the ruling class of land owners, subordinate to shogun, who formed around the 10th century and fell out of power in the 19th century. Daimyo families tended to be wealthy and could commission artwork or decorative pieces. This pair of 17th century hibachi are black and gold lacquer with designs of Uji Bridge...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
$65,000 / set
Late 18th Century Japanese Celadon Charger
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th century Japanese Celadon charger with good patina.
Good wear to the center of the plate and very fine crackle create a multi-layered hues t...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Celadon, Ceramic
Pair of Japanese Lacquered Trunks or Tables on Custom Stands, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of lacquered trunks with iron hardware mounted on custom-made later stands. One trunk having a single drawer at one end. The detachable lids on these trunks are linen wrapped ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Lacquer Kogo 'Incense Box'
Located in Hudson, NY
Late Edo (1614 - 1868) period incense storage box in stacked, double fan design. Fans have bamboo and plum design with a chrysanthemum crest. Silve...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gold
Early 19th Century Japanese Scroll Bijin after the Bath in Summer
Located in Hudson, NY
Early 19th century Japanese Scroll: Bijin after the bath in summer. Painted in pigments on silk. Signature reads: Yamauchi Sentsu.
Japan,...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
Antique Japanese Arita Frederik Van Frytom Style Porcelain Dish c.1700 Silver
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this saucer dish or pattipan of lobed shape on a lobed footring. On the base some spur-marks. Decorated in underglaze blue with a European landscape with trees, hous...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,736 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Antique Wooden Buddhist Figure, Edo Period '1603-1868'
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This antique wooden Buddhist figure was crafted in the Edo Period (1603–1868).
Although the specific identity of the deity it represents is unknown, the figure has a gentle presence...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Buddhist Shrine Box "Zushi", Edo Period '1603-1868'
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This antique Buddhist shrine box was crafted in the Edo Period (1603-1868).
Known in Japan as a “Zushi,” it served as a small sanctuary to enshrine Buddhist figures, scriptures, or ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Shigaraki Tsubo Stoneware Ceramic Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese ceramic vessel from Shiga, Japan. This piece gains its unique glaze and irregularities from the firing process in which wood is added...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Early 19th Century Japanese Wood Noh Mask
Located in Hudson, NY
Early 19th century Japanese wood noh mask, This mask comes in its original kiri wood storage box, which is signed and dated: Koran, 1811 (Edo period). The box...
Category
1810s Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Pair of Antique Japanese Buddhist Temple Headdress and Necklace Ornaments
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of antique Japanese Buddhist temple headdress and necklace ornaments. Gilt bronze with decorative stones and beads, and intricate metalw...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Very Early Temple Calligraphy Panels
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of very early temple calligraphy panels. A pair of Edo period (17th century) carved wood panels that used to hang outside a temple. One plaque has evidence of a seal in the uppe...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
$6,000 / set
18th Century Japanese Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
This lacquered 18th century Edo period altar table was probably made for the private shrine of an aristocratic home. There, it would have been placed before an image of a deity, and ...
Category
Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Brass
Japanese Octopus Water Dropper, c. 1830s
Located in Brisbane, QLD
A Japanese Hirado ware water dropper used in calligraphy dating to the Edo Period (1603-1868). The whimsical, molded design features an array of sea creatures and shells on the base ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy. Late Edo (c. 1850) painting of a dramatic mountainside carved by a waterfall with a crane flying in the foreground an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Bronze Koro 'Incense Burner' in the Form of a Badger
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese bronze Koro (Incense Burner) in the form of a Badger, Edo Period (circa 1800) bronze incense burner with removable top. Badger face and t...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Japanese Edo Period Iron Silver Inlaid Red Lacquered Stirrups 'Abumi'
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Japanese Edo Period (1603–1867) iron, silver inlaid, and red lacquered stirrups (Abumi). Each of typical form, made of iron with silver inlay on the front with floral bloss...
Category
1690s Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Silver, Iron
A Set of Six Takatori Ware Dishes Now Mounted
Located in Stamford, CT
A set of Six Takatori Ware plates. One employing the Japanese Kintsugi technique of using gold to repair cracked ceramics. As a philosophy, kintsugi is similar to the Japanese phi...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century Superior Quality Japanese Bronze Vase with Grape Vine Handles
Located in Hudson, NY
19th century superior quality Japanese bronze vase with grape vine handles. Beautifully shaped Edo period (first half of the 19th century) vase with c...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Sculpture Okimono of a Dutchman, Dutch Colonial, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An extremely rare wood Japanese Okimono of a Dutchman playing with a bat
Edo period, 18th-19th century or earlier
The Dutchman is standing and h...
Category
Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Edo Furniture
Materials
Boxwood
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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