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Style: Showa
Japanese Antique Large Iron Plate Abstract Art 1900s-1940s / Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a door that was an iron plate door made in Japan.
It is an old fixture made in the early Showa period (1900s-1940s), with iron plates carefully stretched over a cedar wood fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Lacquered Board/“Negoro” /Like abstract painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old lacquered board made in Japan.
It is called a "Negoro" board.
Negoro is a type of Japanese lacquerware.
It is characterized by applying black lacquer to the wood base ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Cypress
Japanese Silk Obi Kimono Belt /Table runner 1970s Gold Two Cranes
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Fukuro Obi made in Japan around 1970s.
It is made with Gold Silk (Kinshi) and it is in good condition.
Two cranes walking or flying together is the ultimate symbol of lo...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
$403 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Japanese Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Four-Panel Folding Screen Byobu Signed Showa Period C.1950
Located in London, GB
A four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a floral scene with birds.
Japan, C.1950 Showa Period
An attractive example, beautifully h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Silk, Paper
Old Japanese root tree object/Wall ornament/Wall decoration
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wooden object.
It is carved from the root of a tree.
I believe it was made from the late Showa period to the early Heisei period.
The wood was originally a li...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Silk Obi Belt/ Table Runner 1960s Dark Red
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Fukuro Obi made in Japan around 1960s.
It is made with silk and it is in good condition.
Obi is a belt of varying size and shape worn with both traditional Japanese clothing like Kimono.Obi are categorised by their design, formality, material, and use, and can be made of a number of types of fabric, with heavy brocade weaves worn for formal occasions, and some lightweight silk obi worn for informal occasions.
Fukuro obi are slightly less formal than maru obi...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Japanese Old Iron Frame Of Winnow / Wall Decoration / Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese winnowing basket's iron frame.
Winnowing basket is a single-mouthed or round-plate-shaped folk utensils used for sorting, transporting, and drying grains.
I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Iron
Japanese Cup of Sake 1960s Showa Porcelain Landscape of ISE
Located in Paris, FR
This is a small cup for drinking sake. It is called Ochoko in Japanese.
It was made in showa era around 1960s. It is made with porcelain and all hand painted.
This is Kutani ware.
...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Silk Haori Jacket for Men 1950s Small Fans
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Japanese Haori jacket for men made in 1950s (Showa era) and made with silk.
It is reversible. Inside of this haori, the design is small fans. ...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Japanese Noh Mask 'Tenazuchi no Mikoto' 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a mask made with wood, made in Japan around 1960s.
This mask is used for Noh theatre. On the back, it is written 'TENAZUCHI' in Japanese.
It is all hand painted.
Dimension:...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
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H 22.25 in W 22.25 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Antique Bundle of Barbed Wire 1940s-1970s / Wall Decoration Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Bundle of old Japanese barbed wire.
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H 20.08 in W 20.08 in D 5.91 in
Japanese Antique Drawing "HIRAGANA" 1940s-1970s / Abstract Art Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Showa decorative art for sale on 1stDibs.
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