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Place of Origin: Japanese
Japanese Antique Cedar Wood Board Wall Decoration 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old, single-slab board made of Japanese cedar, believed to date back to the Meiji period (1860s–1900s). Cut from the trunk of a large, centuries-old cedar tree, it retains...
Category
Late 19th Century Primitive Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cedar
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari Scalloped Charger Plate
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous 19th-Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari porcelain charger with hand painted floral decorations in the traditional Imari colors. This fine large plate has a lovely ribbed ...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari Blue Floral Scalloped Chargers
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous pair of 19th-Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari dark blue porcelain chargers. These fine large plates have lovely scalloped edges and hand painted floral decorations in t...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Antique Rag "BORO" 1800s-1860s / Abstract Art Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an exceptional example of a Japanese *BORO* textile, dating from the late Edo period (1800s–1860s). Carefully preserved over generations, it embodies both the resourcefulness...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric
Japanese Antique Paper Wabi-Sabi Washi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This rare shichou-maku (paper-hung curtain) was crafted during Japan’s Meiji period (late 19th to early 20th century).
It was originally used in sericulture rooms—spaces dedicated ...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Small Door Wall Decoration 1860s-1900s / Abstract Art Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old small window frame made in Japan. It was originally used as a traditional Japanese mud wall fixture. It dates back to the Meiji period (1860s-1900s) and has been in us...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Cedar
Japanese Cotton Curtains Noren Maruni Sasarindo 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Japanese curtain which was made in Japan around 1960s.
It is called Noren. This noren has a family crest (kamon) in the middle. This type of Kamon is called Maruni Sasa Rindo.
This noren is with cotton and starts losing a color because of sun but it is in good condition for its age. The color is beautiful.
Noren:
Noren are fabric dividers hung in doorways, across windows, on walls or between rooms. They take many shapes and sizes and are made using a multitude of different colors, patterns and materials.
Traditional noren are hand-woven using natural fabrics like linen and cotton and often dyed with natural dyes like Japanese indigo.
Maruni sasa rindo:
"Maru ni Sasa Rindo" is a Japanese family crest...
Category
1960s Showa Vintage Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
Antique wall-hanging vase made from Japanese bamboo/River fishing equipment
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a traditional Japanese fishing implement called an "uke," crafted from bamboo during the Meiji to early Showa period. It was placed in rivers to trap eels and loaches, which,...
Category
Late 19th Century Taisho Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Antique Dough Board Wall Art 1879s / Display Stand Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old noodle board made in Japan.
On the back, it is inscribed “明治十二年” in writing, clearly indicating that it was made in 1879s.
Over 140 years have passed, and this piece s...
Category
1870s Meiji Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cedar
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 Showa Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Bamboo Door / Wall Decoration / 1868-1912s / Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a wall decoration using an old Japanese door.
It is thought to date from the Edo to Meiji period.
Originally it was a very heavy door with earth and plaster on the surface,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Indigo Boro textile w/ Sashiko stitching abstract wabi sabi
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
From Tohoku area, Japan.
Antique indigo Boro textile with Sashiko stitching , probably used as Kotatsu Futon (Thick blanket for brazier table) estimate from the size & condition. 3 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari Scalloped Charger Plate
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous 19th-Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari porcelain charger with a hand painted floral design in the traditional Imari colors. This fine large plate has lovely scalloped ed...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Japanese Antique Tin Plate Art / Wall Decoration / Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese tin panel.
The rust caused by natural aging is expressed like art.
The exact purpose is unknown, but it seems that it was originally used in a place where fi...
Category
Early 1900s Showa Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Tin
Antique Japanese Indigo-Dyed Double Ikat Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Indigo-Dyed Double Ikat Futon Cover
This early 20th century hand-spun cotton futon cover displays a pattern of scattered ‘well-head’ motifs across a deep indigo fie...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Antique Large Paper Mat "Abstract art" 1860s-1920s / Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a very old Japanese matte paper.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1920s) and is very large, measuring approximately 1900 mm x 1420 mm.
The Japanese paper is carefu...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Huge Framed Japanese Wedding Kimono W Silk Embroidered Decoration
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge Framed Japanese Wedding Kimono W Silk Embroidered Decoration
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Rare Antique Japanese Oversized Sleeping Kimono (Yogi)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare Antique Japanese Oversized Sleeping Kimono (Yogi)
This is the outer shell of a type of shaped sleeping kimono known as a yogi. Yogi were in more common use during the Edo and M...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Linen
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 Showa Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cypress
2001 a Space Odyssey 1968 Australian Daybill Film Poster
By Robert McCall
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic original Australian Daybill film poster for Stanley Kubrick's seminal sci-fi 2001 A Space Odyssey. Classic design softly illustrated in a ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
"Sen to Chihiro No Kamikakushi / Spirited Away" Japanese Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese movie poster for the 2001 Studio Ghibli animation.
This poster is unfolded and conservation linen backed, It is in near mint condition and would be shipped rolled i...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Wooden work board of an old Japanese lacquerware craftsman/wall hanging object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a workbench used by a lacquerware craftsman around the Showa era. Originally, it was a workbench with drawers, but the drawer portion has been lost, leaving only the top boar...
Category
20th Century Showa Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Recycled Boro Patchwork Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Recycled Boro Patchwork Futon Cover
This indigo-dyed patchwork boro futon cover is a physical testimony to the determination and resourcefulness of those living in ...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
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 Showa Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold
Located in Kyoto, JP
Imao Keisho (1902-1993)
Pine Trees
Early 20th Century, Circa 1930
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink on silk and gold leaf.
Dimensions: Each screen H. 67.5” x 148” (172 cm x 376 cm)
A pair of monumental six-panel Japanese pine screens by the renowned Nihonga artist Imao Keisho. Here Keisho entirely removed the background and brought the pine trees to the surface of the painting. This simplification of the elements makes the scene exceptionally direct and compelling and injects a very modern...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early Hand Held Fan "Mount Fuji". Japanese Circa 1870
Located in Incline Village, NV
Late 19th century fine quality Japanese hand held lady's fan for keeping cool; hand painted on silk with hand carved bone frame, floral leaf and fret work design; with 18 sticks in a...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
19th Century Japanese Shunga Hand-Scroll, Katsukawa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Shunga
Unknown artist
Meiji era, circa 1880
Hand-scroll mounted with 12 paintings
Ink, pigment and gofun on silk
Dimensions:
Each image measures H. 23.2 cm x W. 34.4 cm (9.15” x 13.5”)
The hand-scroll measures H. 28 cm x W. 540 cm (11” x 212”)
A set of 12 late 19th century Japanese Shunga paintings mounted as a hand-scroll. Two of the leaves bear the signature and seal ‘Setsuzan’, although we are unable to confirm the identity of the artist using this art name. 6 of the 12 images are taken almost directly from Katsukawa Shuncho’s late 18th century woodblock series, ‘Erotic Pictures...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
A frame with an old Japanese Buddhist woodblock print / amulet / 1800-1912
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a woodblock print made between the late Edo and Meiji periods (1800-1912).
It was originally a talisman given to visitors to temples as a good luck charm.
It is unclear which...
Category
Late 19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Japanese antique wooden blocks/1800-1920/paper charms/Buddhist art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden woodblock produced in Japan from the late Edo period to the Taisho period (about 1800s to 1920s). The material used is something like beech wood, and the wood is dec...
Category
Late 19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Beech
Early 19th Century Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossom & Pheasants by Mori Tetsuzan
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mori Tetsuzan (1775-1841)
Pheasants and Cherry Blossoms
Two-fold Japanese screen. Ink, color, gofun, gold and silver on paper.
A two-fold Japanese bir...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Monumental 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari Scalloped Chargers
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous monumental oversized pair of antique 19th-Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari porcelain chargers with hand painted floral decorations in the traditional Imari colors. Thes...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Old Artist's Drawing Board / Abstract Art Wall Decoration / Late 1900s
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a drawing board used by a Japanese painter.
It is made by gluing together pieces of cardboard, and it is thought that the artist repeatedly painted on it.
The colorful water...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Paint
Japanese Asian Large Meiji Period Silk Embroidery Peacock Bird Flower Tapestry
Located in Studio City, CA
A stunning Meiji Period (1868-1912) Japanese large framed embroidery/ tapestry featuring a pair of finely detailed birds - likely peacocks in a floral garden landscape. A truly magn...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Glass, Silk
Circa 1700 Japanese Screen Pair, Cranes & Pines, Kyoto Kano School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Pines and Cranes
Anonymous. Kyoto Kano School.
Late 17th/early 18th centuries, circa 1700.
Pair of six-panel Japanese folding screens.
Ink, gofun, pigment and gold leaf on paper.
This bold composition presents two pine trees extending to the left and right across a gold leaf background. One tree is silhouetted against a green ground, golden clouds obscuring its true size, the other stretches across a stylized waterway. The pines are paired with Manchurian cranes with red crests and snow white plumage. Both have been highly auspicious motifs in East Asia since Chinese antiquity. Here the artist utilized fluid and instinctive ink brushstrokes to define the trunk, branches and tail feathers, in strong contrast to the precision and sharp angularity of the crane’s legs and beaks. The adoption of this vast metallic painting support required an unerring sense of design and composition, so that the negative space surrounding motifs could imply context for the otherwise floating pictorial elements. The brushwork detailing the trunks of the pines, the exaggerated dimensions of the pine trees and the strength and dynamism of the composition are all reminiscent of Kano Eitoku...
Category
Late 17th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mojin Nagasaki Abstract Nude 1952 Japan
Located in Oakland, CA
This beautiful vintage oil painting abstract nude by Japanese artist Morin Nagasaki, created around 1952, was acquired in Tokyo. It boasts an amazing texture and execution, beautiful...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Wall Art, Wabi Sabi, Japan, 19th Century
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
The Japanese element - Komai - that can be used as a unique wall decoration. The window frame, known as "komai," is a traditional architectural structure used to create partitions o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Indigo-Dyed Double Ikat Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Indigo-Dyed Double Ikat Futon Cover
This early 20th century indigo-dyed futon cover displays a large, graphically compelling lattice design created by warp and weft...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums
Located in Kyoto, JP
Omori Soun (b. 1704)
Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers
A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper.
Dating ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Ainu Sword Holder (Emushat), Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Ainu Sword Holder (Emushat), Japan
Emushats were worn over the shoulder and served to limit movement of a short sword and keep it in place. Mostly constructed of linden fibe...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Antique Wooden Board / Wall Decoration Abstract Art / Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese workboard.
It was called "Mochiita" and was used as a workbench for kneading flour.
It seems to be around the Meiji period.
The board is thought to be pine...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Wooden door with old Japanese bamboo painting/Wall hanging painting/Wooden door
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a one-panel wooden door made in Japan around the 20th century. The material used is presumed to be Japanese cypress or Japanese cedar, and the delicately straight grain of th...
Category
20th Century Taisho Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cedar
Tadashi Nakayama Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print Girl with Flute 'B'
By Tadashi Nakayama
Located in Studio City, CA
An exceptionally large, complexly designed (note the subtle repeated butterfly design pattern in the background and to the right of the main subject - apparently the artist's daughte...
Category
1980s Showa Vintage Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Hokuryo with Jizuri Seal, 1937
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Hokuryo" by one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga movement. Yos...
Category
1930s Showa Vintage Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Early Showa Period Nambu Sakiori (with Indigo-Dyed Cotton Warp) / Rag Tapestry
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a piece of Nambu sakiori made in the early Showa period and discovered in Iwate Prefecture.
Nambu sakiori is a traditional Japanese recycled textile technique developed in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Yarn
Large Japanese 2-Panel Byôbu 屏風 'Room Divider' with Painting of Bamboo & a Poem
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Beautiful, large two-panel byôbu (room divider) with a serene painting of red-leaved bamboo and rocks on an oxidized silver leaf background. Silver leaf continuously undergoes the process of oxidation, which creates a beautiful aged patina.
On the left an inscription from a ‘Zekku’ poem by the Chinese poet Yang Zai (1271?1323), titled: Shan shang zhu (bamboo (painted) on a fan).
Translated as :
Why would people plant a lot of bamboos?
The shade of a single culm is also beautiful.
In the autumn night it rocks on the wind,
And the fresh sound echoes in my dream.
Dated: Shôwa, the year kôshin (1938). Signature unknown...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Other, Silver Leaf
Ryohei Tanaka Thatched Roof Etching Japan 1979
By Tanaka Ryohei
Located in Oakland, CA
Incredibly detailed Ryohei Tanaka etching of a thatched roof c1979. Beautifully framed and matted. Signed in pencil by artist.
Ryohei Tanaka (1933-2019) was world renowned for his ...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Cinderella R1950s Japanese B2 Film Movie Poster, Disney
Located in Bath, Somerset
An incredibly rare early Japanese Cinderella poster. The RKO Radio's logo indicates that it is most likely an early 1950s re-release or, possibly, a ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Tadashi Nakayama Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Two Horses 1963
By Tadashi Nakayama
Located in Studio City, CA
This wonderfully designed, abstract work by esteemed Japanese printmaker Tadashi Nakayama. The print is pencil signed, numbered (13/80), dated 1963, stamped on the verso by the artist, and embellished with metallic pigments. It is an uncommon and hard to find work.
Nakayama has exhibited internationally in cities such as Rome, Tokyo, Krakow, Milan, and his works can be found in museums around the world including:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Ohio, USA.
fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, USA.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA.
Western Australian Art Museum, Perth...
Category
1960s Showa Vintage Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
'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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Antique 19th Century Japanese Scalloped Imari Plate
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Pearland, TX
A striking 19th century antique Imari plate with a scalloped edge. Featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and green. The multi-color design depicts traditional Japanese motifs, showcasing...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Vintage Framed Silkwork Panel, Japanese, Embroidered, Needlepoint, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage framed decorative silkwork panel. A Japanese, embroidered silk cotton needlepoint scene, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. A delightful display of traditio...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Glass
19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
Three Friends of Winter
Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871)
Late Edo period, circa 1850
Ink and gold leaf on paper.
This is a double-sided Japanese Furosaki or tea-ceremony screen from the mid 19th century; bamboo and plum on the front, young pines the back. It by Nakajima Raisho, a master painter of the Maruyama school in the late Edo and early Meiji periods. In this work Raisho combines exquisite ink brushwork with large open spaces of brilliant gold-leaf to inspire the viewers imagination. Rather than naturalism, he is searching for the phycological impression of the motifs, resulting in abstraction and stylization. His simplification of the motifs the result of looking to capture the inner nature of the objects. This art motif is known as Sho Chiku Bai, or the Three Friends of Winter. Evergreen pine connotes steadfastness, bamboo suggests both strength and flexibility, while plum blossoms unfurling on snow-laden branches imply hardiness. Combined, this trio is emblematic of Japanese new year. Chinese literati were the first to group the three plants together due to their noble characteristics. Like these resilient plants flowering so beautifully in winter, it was expected of the scholar-gentleman to cultivate a strong character with which he would be able to show the same degree of perseverance and steadfastness even during times of adverse conditions.
The screen would have been placed near the hearth of a room used for the Japanese tea ceremony, shielding the fire from draughts and also forming a stimulating and decorative backdrop behind the tea utensils. It would have been used in the Hatsugama, or first tea-ceremony of the new year.
Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871) originally studied under Watanabe Nangaku before entering the school of Maruyama Ozui. He was the highest ranking Maruyama school painter at the end of the Edo period and was known as one of the ‘Four Heian Families’ along with Kishi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Kida Yasuhiko Woodblock c1970s Japan
By Shiko Munakata
Located in Oakland, CA
Rare small edition woodblock by famous artist, Kida Yasihiko c1970s. Many books are written about Yasihiko, and his art works are very hard to find. This one is fantastic. So much ha...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Antique Aged Pillars / Wall Decoration / Wabi-sabi Primitive
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a wall decoration made from a pillar from an old Japanese hut.
It was used as a pillar in a horse stable, and together with its companion pillar, it was used as a fence by i...
Category
Early 20th Century Primitive Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Antique 19th Century Pierced Japanese Imari Plate
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Pearland, TX
A wonderful 19th century antique Imari plate with a reticulated edge. Featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and green. The center of the plate depicts a hand-painted spray of flowers and...
Category
19th Century Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Meiji Era, Circa 1900 Japanese Screen Pair, Flowers & Birds of Spring & Autumn
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers & Birds of Spring and Autumn
Unknown artist.
Japan. Meiji period, circa 1900.
A pair of six-fold screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper.
Signed: Gaga S...
Category
1890s Meiji Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
ARKO Wall Art12 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Marcato (A)
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Nobuyoshi Araki Signed Limited Edition Sexual Desire Portfolio I Complete Set
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Studio City, CA
A very engaging and alluring set of fifteen photographs by famed controversial Japanese photographer and contemporary artist Nobuyoshi Araki from his 2000 highly sexually charged Sexual Desire Portfolio I. Araki is best known for his provocative works that merge elements of eroticism and fine art, frequently exploring themes of intimacy, sexuality, and the fleeting nature of life. This limited edition portfolio (only 30 in total were published) comprises the complete set (quite rare as few complete sets exist today) of fifteen offset prints on watercolor paper and is published by Taka Ishii Editions, Tokyo. The collection of photographs is based on his 1996 exhibition Serie Sexual which was first presented as a large wall installation...
Category
20th Century Modern Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese wooden prayer beads / wall hanging object / 1800s
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a "Hyakumanben Nenbutsu Juzu" (Hyakumanben Nembutsu Prayer Beads), crafted between the late Edo and Meiji periods (19th century). Hyakumanben Nembutsu Juzu refers to the gian...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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Anna Condo’s Multifaceted Career Spans Film, Photography and NFTs
From her historic Manhattan townhouse, the talented creator and curator of 1stDibs' latest NFT exhibition tells us about the art in her home and how she got involved with cryptoart.
How Keith Rivers Went from NFL Linebacker to Blue-Chip Art Aficionado
The former football player is as serious about becoming a great contemporary-art patron as he once was about making tackles. Here, Rivers tells us how he got the collecting bug and how his tastes have evolved over the years.
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