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Style: Showa
Japanese paintings with old kanji characters/20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a painting of kanji drawn in Japan around the 20th century. The artist's name is unknown. It is hand-drawn. This is 24 Japanese kanji, each of which is pronounced "kai" or "g...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Paint

Ito Shinsui Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Garden in Early Summer
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and colored woodblock print by famed Japanese shin-hanga artist/printmaker Ito Shunsui (1898-1972) titled "Garden in Early Summer (Shoka no Niwa)" though it is...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Paper

Set of Side Chairs by Isamu Kenmochi for Kotobuki
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Invented in the United States in 1958, FRP (fiber-reinforced plastic) is a new material that was widely introduced in public spaces such as Olympic stadiums, stadiums, and station wa...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Acrylic

Japanese Vintage Stacking Glass Cabinet, Pine, Early Showa 1926– (B)
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This Japanese vintage stacking glass cabinet was crafted in the Early Showa Period (1926–). Built in Japanese pine (matsu), it has a quiet, beautiful presence—light in tone, with a ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Pine

Japanese Vintage Square Plant Stand, Early Showa Period (1926–)
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This Japanese vintage square plant stand was crafted in the Early Showa Period (1926–). The square top is sen (castor aralia), while the legs are J...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood, Cedar

Very large hand hammered signed copper vase
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Stunning massive hand hammered copper vase. Tsuiki Copperware is a traditional Japanese craft . Tsuiki Is a metal working technique that is derived from the words ' Hammer ' and...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Copper

Yoshitoshi Mori Signed Original Japanese Asian Watercolor. and Gouache Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
An original gouache and watercolor painting by Japanese artist/master printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori who was famed for his kappazuri stencil printing technique. In the 1950s Mori became ...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

Materials

Paint, Paper

Old Japanese wooden wall hanging tropical fish picture / 20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a tropical fish carving frame made in Japan, probably around the 20th century. The frame is made of beech wood, and the base of the picture is paulownia wood. Different types...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Wood

Japanese Half Kimono Belt Hanhaba Obi Orange with Embroidery 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Japanese beautiful Kimono belt called 'Han haba obi'. Both side are with motifs but different motifs. It is a belt for kimono but you can use as a table runner or wall deco...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk

Japanese Woodblock Print of Edo Geisha Woman With Yellow Hairpins and Opium Pipe
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a kimono-clad young woman, likely Geisha, adjusting her multitude of yellow hairpins (which match with th...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Paper

Japanese Signed Limited Edition Mezzotint Fruit Crab Apple Still Life Print
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and beautifully textured mezzotint print in the style of fellow Japanese artists Wako Ito, Hamanishi Katsunori, Tomoe Yokoi, Kaoru Saito, and Yozo Hamaguchi. The print is pencil signed (Noriko?), titled ("Crab Apple...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Paper

Japanese Asian Signed Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Ceramic Glazed Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous Japanese studio pottery chawan tea bowl that features a wonderful reddish-orange glaze with various shifts in colour and texture. This particular piece encompasses the...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Hanaguruma Flower Cart
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautiful Japanese Showa period four panel silk screen depicting a colorful Hanaguruma or flower cart. A bountiful cornucopia of peonies, irises, wisteria, and chrysanthemums set in ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Brass

Old Japanese Decagonal White Glaze Bowl / 1926-1970 / Coffee Cup
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A bowl with a beautiful white glaze. Probably made in the Showa period (1926-1970). The decagonal shape gives a tighter impression than the circular shape. It is nice to use it ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Mount Fuji Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese Showa period four panel byobu screen depicting a wooded valley landscape with a rustic dwelling near mount Fuji. The screen is decorated with fantastic, vivid blue ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Brass

Japanese Asian Wood Shi Shi Shishi Mai Lion Dance Gashira Noh Mask Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, beautifully crafted Japanese festival Shishi Lion Dance (Shishi Mai) mask (Gashira). The shishi mask represents a mythical lion that prote...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Japanese Antique Ceramic Zushi "KAWARA-ZUSHI" 1920-1930s/Object Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
An early tiled shrine"KAWARA-ZUSHI". Ceramic shrines were made in pottery producing areas all over the country, but they are rare, and are only made in Okayama today. It is thought ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Paul Jacoulet Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Marionettes Chinoises Chinois 1935
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic original woodblock print by famed French artist Paul Jacoulet titled "Marionettes Chinoises Chinois. (Chinese Puppets. Chinese)" Jacoulet was famed for his techniques inv...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Paper

Shiko Munakata SignedJapanese Woodblock Print of Three Buddhas Shaka No Saku
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Mingei woodblock print titled "Shaka No Saku (Sakyamuni)" is by famed Japanese master Showa era printmaker/ artist Shiko (Shikou) Munakata (棟方志功 ) who was widely consider...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Paper

Ohara Koson Signed Framed Japanese Asian Print Egrets and Crescent Moon
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully composed and beautifully colored print by famed Japanese artist Ohara Koson (Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson) titled "Egrets and Crescent Moon" (sometimes referred to as Two ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Asian Antique Shino Yaki Ware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Mingei Shino Ware (志野焼, Shino-Yaki) pottery Chawan tea bowl for tea ceremony that features a sumptuous glaze with wonderful subtle shifts in color, pattern, and ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Syoren-In Kyoto
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...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Japanese Antique Purple Haori Jacket with Silk, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a silk jacket which was made in Japan. It was made in Showa era around 1950s. The haori is a traditional Japanese jacket worn over a kimono. R...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk

Japanese Chinese Korean Asian Signed Framed Hand Painted Tiger Scroll Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and striking framed Asian tiger scroll painting featuring a regal tiger in the moonlight. This work is hand-painted with masterful brushstroke...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paint

Very large hand hammered signed copper vase
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Stunning extremely large , hand hammered copper vase. Signed Tsuiki Copperware is a traditional Japanese craft . Tsuiki Is a metal working technique that is derived from the words...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Copper

Japanese Art Deco Ikat Silk Meisen Kimono
Located in Atlanta, GA
A well preserved Japanese Meisen kimono hand-sewn from woven Ikat Silk circa 1920-30s (Taisho to early Showa period). The kosode style kimono (small slee...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk

Japanese Signed Stamped Hand Drawn Silk Obi Sash Belt with Crow, Mid-1900
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful handmade vintage silk Obi sash/ belt featuring a rather unique hand-drawn scene with a crow and trees. Signed and stamped by the artist...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk

Paravento Giapponese a due pannelli
Located in Brescia, IT
Sempre alla ricerca di cose particolari abbiamo acquistato questo paravento giapponese da una collezionista di Osaka. Un esempio di arte del novec...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Gold

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...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paint

Japanese Old Small Wooden Drawer / 1912-1950 / Accessory Case/ Taisho-Showa
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a small drawer from the Taisho era to the early Showa period (1912-1950) in Japan. The outer material is made of chestnut. The inside is cedar wood. It's very cute. Also,...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Chestnut

Japanese Kutani Porcelain Figure of a Geisha or Bijin, Showa Era, 1930's, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Kutani porcelain model of a beautiful woman, bijin, or perhaps a geisha, Showa era, circa 1930's, Japan. A charming and delightful Japanese Kutani enameled porcelain figure of a bijin or geisha, early Showa Era, circa 1930's, Japan. The elegant figure of a beautiful woman, called a bijin, or perhaps a geisha, is portrayed dressed in full kimono and holding a closed folding fan in one hand. Her kimono of a rich and deep blue hue, with images of plump pomegranates in gilt. Her wide obi of a striking red color, and patterned with branches of pink blossoms. One foot, clad in a white tabi...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese antique large bamboo double layered basket - wabi sabi primitive decor
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
New finds from the farmer's barn. Japanese antique hand woven bamboo basket - can store the heavier object because of the double layered structure of thin bamboo & thick bamboo laye...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Bamboo

Large Japanese Satsuma Covered Vase, Showa Period, Mid 20th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very large and exuberantly decorated Japanese Satsuma millefleur covered vase, marked Satsuma, Showa period, mid 20th century, Japan. The large vase of attractive baluster form, with a slightly splayed foot, narrow waist, and tapered body with high shoulders and short neck. The vase topped by a domed cover with a large finial shaped like a hoju, the wish fulfilling jewel. The vase decorated all over in a dense field of flowering blossoms - peony, lotus, and chrysanthemum - in a design known as millefleur, or a thousand flowers. The flowers freely and cheerfully painted in various colors of red, white, orange, green, blue and yellow, with raised white enamels...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Stoneware

Joshua Rome Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print Tsukiyo Moonlit Night
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed Japanese woodblock print by American born artist Joshua Rome titled "Tsukiyo" or Moonlit Night. The limited edition print is hand signed in pencil, sealed i...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Asian Antique Shino Yaki Ware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Mingei Nezumi Shino Ware (志野焼, Shino-Yaki) pottery Chawan tea bowl for tea ceremony that features a sumptuous glaze with wonderful subtle shifts in color, patter...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Exceptional Japanese Summer Asa Hitoe Weft Ikat Kimono Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A super fine Japanese summer unlined (Hitoe) Kimono made with a soft Asa fiber blended with silk. The garment was hand-stitched and dated to circa 1930-50s Showa period. It is hard t...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Linen, Silk

Junichiro Sekino Signed Japanese Woodblock Print The Six Jizo at Yamashina Kyoto
Located in Studio City, CA
This exceptional and highly engaging, wonderfully designed print titled "The Six Jizo at Yamashina, Kyoto" The work features six standing Jizo in a tall grass field under a blazing...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paper

Vintage Kokeshi Doll XL Wood Japan Showa Period 36cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage and large hand made and painted kokeshi doll from the late Showa period (1926-1989), large size of 36cm! Circa 70s-80s, Japan, marked on the bottom by the maker. Specific re...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Wood

Elegant 20th century bamboo vase for flowers (ikebana)
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A vintage Japanese ikebana basket, crafted from lacquered bamboo using traditional basketry techniques, dating to the first half of the 20th century. This elegant piece embodies the ...
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20th Century Asian Showa Furniture

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Bamboo

Japanese Noh Mask of Zō-onna (増女) - noble young woman
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Zō-onna (増女) This mask depicts a woman with a noble and calm expression. In Noh theater, it is used for roles of young women. The mask conveys elegance and softness, making it suita...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Wood

Large Kokeshi Doll XL Solid Wood Japan Showa Period 37cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large hand made and painted kokeshi doll from the late Showa period (1926-1989), XL size of 37cm! Circa 70s-80s, Japan, marked on the bottom by the maker. Specific regions have diff...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Wood

Japanese Vintage Drawer, Early Showa Period '1926-'
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This vintage drawer was crafted in the Early Showa Period '1926-'. Made of cedar wood, it is solidly constructed and shows the beautiful signs of aging. The surface of the wood has...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Cedar

Showa Golden Mallow Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This exquisite two-panel screen from the Showa period features a lush depiction of mallows in vibrant hues set against a luxurious golden background. The mallow flower, known in Japa...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Superb Japanese Ikebana Bamboo Basket, 20th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A beautiful example of Japanese craftsmanship, this Ikebana bamboo basket dates to the 20th century and showcases a finely woven structure with graceful proportions and elegant verti...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Bamboo

Japanese Vintage Burl Wood Display Stand, Early Showa Period '1926-'
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This vintage display stand was crafted in the Early Showa Period '1926-'. The base is made from the naturally formed burl of Japanese horse chestnut wood, showcasing its unique sha...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Wood

Two-panel screen of " Rinpa School"
Located in Brescia, IT
Floral scene of a Rimpa School garden with polychrome chrysanthemum flowers. Two-panel screen painted in pigment on gilded rice paper of beautiful size and well preserved. Bold color...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pair of Chinese Watercolour on Silk Paintings, China, c.1940
Located in London, GB
A pair of Chinese watercolour on silk paintings, China, C.1940. Framed in its original silk brocade border. Presented unframed. In exce...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Showa Furniture

Materials

Silk, Paint

Rare Pair Old "Cape Hattaras" Lighthouse Sculptures In Vibrant Original Colors
Located in South Burlington, VT
A rare pair (2) of these tall 21 Inch Nautical delights with original hand painted colors that authentically reproduce the actual colors of today's Cape Hattaras light house (See Third Photo). First pair we've seen in this massive size, quality, and condition. Original hand painted colors of red, black, green, and white Together they weigh over 16 pounds. Heavily hand cast by expert artisans of that day, they are cast upon a well detailed base as shown and in a convenient highly displayable ,portable size. They still retain their original attractive vibrant hand painted colors and patina. Dimensions: Height 21 inches Width 8 3/4 inches Depth 4 1/2 inches Weight pair 16+ pounds, heavy Two pieces front and back Good garden candidates- these are ideal accent sizes for your indoor gallery display or favorite outdoor garden space. Many of our customers display the pair placed together or as separate components making a sentimental, romantic and enjoyable decorative accent for entertaining friends and family. They are a perfect choice for your indoor or outdoor garden space. Provenance: Old American/ Japanese garden Lifetime guarantee of authenticity. We are members of NAJGA North American Japanese Garden Association. History of Cape Hattaras Light House: Built in 1870, the iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse stands watch over the Graveyard of the Atlantic's east coast. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse protects one of the most perilous sea sections off the Atlantic Coast. At Cape Hattaras, the Gulf Stream collides with a Virginia Drift which is a branch of the Canadian Labrador Current. This current forces southbound ships into a dangerous twelve-mile long sandbar called Diamond Shoals...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Iron

Japanese screen
Located in Brescia, IT
Two-panel screen of Rinpa school painted with mineral pigments on silk and rice paper. It depicts colorful peony flowers. This is the flower of spring, symbolizing success and pro...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Silk, Paper

Japanese Wood Block Print Interior of Asakusa Temple by Eisho Narazaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese Wood Block Print Artist: Eisho Narazaki (1864-1936) Title: Asakusa Kannon-do no naido (Interior of the Kannon Temple at Asakusa) Year of Creation: 1932 Pencil marked title ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Paper

Japanese screen two-panel
Located in Brescia, IT
Eagle on a pine branch with traces of white snow. A rare subject for this mid-century two-panel screen, painted in mineral pigments on gilded paper. The screen is a nice size and is ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Paper

Fine Art Japanese Vase Arita. Artist Fujii Shumei Winter Landscape, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and unusual piece. A superb blue and white porcelain vase, with a landscape. Made by Fuji Shumei Fujii Mr. Aki Fujii’s specialty is the technique of drawing a mountain by si...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Porcelain

Ryohei Tanaka Signed Large Limited Edition Japanese Etching Thatched Roof House
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image of a rural Japanese landscape scene by famed Japanese artist Ryohei Tanaka featuring two thatched roof country houses and long pathway leading to the larger dwellin...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Paper

Two-panel screen
Located in Brescia, IT
Modern two-panel screen with white peonies. Hand-painted on vegetable paper. Very fresh work that is easy to incorporate into design furniture. Very good state of preservation, sig...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Wood, Paper

Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Rope Inlay Mashiko Pottery Plate Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully decorated and executed large Mingei pottery plate/charger by Japanese National Treasure Mashiko-yaki ceramic master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This work exhibits his signature r...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Earthenware, Pottery

Ito Shinsui Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Snow at the Shrine
By Ito Shinsui
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and richly colored woodblock print by famed Japanese shin-hanga artist/printmaker Ito Shunsui (1898-1972) titled "Snow at the Shrine (Shatô no yuki)" from Shin...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

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Paper

Japanese Porcelain Plaque Arita Winter Landscape by Fujii Shumei, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and rare piece with documentation. A superb blue and white porcelain plaque, with a landscape. Made by Fuji Shumei Fujii Mr. A...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

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Bronze

Japanese Bronze Rabbits
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Bronze Okimono grouping of 2 figural long eared rabbits, consisting of a mother rabbit up on her hind legs and her child on all fours. They c...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Ando Jubei Japan 1950 Showa Period Cloisonné Enamel Green Bombe Vase
Located in Miami, FL
Cloisonné enamel vase designed by Ando Jubei. Beautiful piece of Japanese decorative arts, created by the Ando Jubei Company during the Showa...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Furniture

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Peacock & Cherry Blossoms Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a luminous, majestic peacock sitting amongst the cherry blossom tree flowers with a tail of beautifully arr...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture

Materials

Gold Leaf

Showa furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Showa 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, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Showa 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 Kiyoshi Saitō, Junichiro Sekino, Shoji Hamada, and Tadashi Nakayama. 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 $50 and tops out at $74,750 while the average work can sell for $926.

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