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  • Antique hanging scroll of Japanese cat/Late Edo-Meiji period/Cat painting
    Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
    This is a picture of a cat drawn by a person named "Toshizumi Nitta" from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period. She is a very simple and cute cat. He is a vassal of the Tokugawa Shogunate, born in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture (southern part of Gunma Prefecture). He was related to the Tokugawa family and lived in a large mansion in the Ota clan in Gunma prefecture. However, the Nitta family's territory was very small, and they were by no means a wealthy vassal. He seems to have lived quite poorly. So he painted cats and sold them to people. The Nitta family continued to draw pictures of this cat for four generations. "Nitta toshizumi" is equivalent to the fourth generation. During the Edo period, sericulture was thriving in the Kanto region. Cats were said to be the gods of silkworms, as they drive away mice, the natural enemies of silkworms. It was the Nitta family who drew such a cat on paper, pasted it in the silkworm chamber, and sold it as a mouse repellent. There were also other monks who painted pictures of cats, but the Nitta family in particular was related to the Tokugawa family, so people believed that paintings of cats had special powers. , a lot of paintings...
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  • Japanese antique pottery bowl/[Banko ware] Mie prefecture/1850-1912
    Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
    Banko-yaki is a type of pottery that began in the northern part of Mie Prefecture in the middle of the Edo period. (The places marked with red circles on the map are the kilns of Banko ware...
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    Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Pottery

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  • Japanese antique sketch scroll / 1800-1900 / Flower, bird and animal paintings
    Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
    This is a rough sketch of a Japanese painting drawn around the late Edo period to the early Meiji period (1800-1900) in Japan. A picture is drawn by sticking and connecting short pi...
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    Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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  • Japanese old wood carving demon mask No.B/Before 19th cent/Wall-hanging
    Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
    We have 2 pieces of this item in stock. This item is sold individually, so the other item is listed as No.A. Please also take a look. This is a wooden "oni" mask made from the Edo p...
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    Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures

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  • Japanese old wood carving demon mask No.A /Before 19th cent/Wall-hanging
    Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
    We have 2 pieces of this item in stock. This item is sold individually, so the other item is listed as No.B. Please also take a look. This is a wooden "oni" mask made from the Edo p...
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    Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures

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  • Japanese antique small stone Buddha "Jizo Bodhisattva"/1750-1850/Rare design
    Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
    This is a small stone Buddha made after the middle of the Edo period in Japan. It is a type of Buddha statue called Jizo in Japan, and is one of the bodhisattvas in the world of Budd...
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    Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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  • Japanese Woodblock Print the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Hiroshige
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    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, ...
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    Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Upright) Number: 6 Totsuka: View of Fuji from the Mountain Road (Totsuka, Sando yori Fuji ...
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  • Japanese Woodblock Print Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Hiroshige
    By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando 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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  • Japanese Woodblock Print Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Hiroshige
    By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando 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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