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Item Ships From: Japan
Primitive Japanese Wooden Stools, Wabi-Sabi Stool
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an old Japanese stool.
It dates from the Taisho period (1913-1930s).
It is made from Beech wood.
It is simple and tasteful, exuding a world of wabi-sabi.
It has been repair...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Screen, Deer in Spring, Maruyama Shijo School
Located in Kyoto, JP
A six-panel Japanese folding screen from the leading Maruyama-Shijo artist Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845). Simply featuring three deer and a few sprigs of foliage on a sumptuous gold-leaf background this work emphasizes naturalistic expression and a masterful use of negative space. Reduced to its most basic elements, the blank spaces inspire imagination and evoke the smells, sounds and even the weather of the scene. Whilst deer are traditionally depicted in association with autumn, here the green growth on the tops of the foliage indicates the season of spring. The work references Maruyama Okyo’s two-panel deer screen...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Caucasus Soumak Kilim Sumac Rug, Caucasian Natural Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a large Antique Soumak ( Sumak, Sumac ) Kilim from the Caucasus region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Of the four countries that make up the Caucasus, Azerbaijan produces the most kilims, and the land has a long history of weaving. The nomadic tribes wove kilims and carpets as well as a wide range of storage bags and sacks, such as saffrash, khurgin and chula, and donkey and horse trappings. Smaller bags for salt, utensils, and other items are also common. Not only are the Azerbaijani weavers prolific, but they also employ many techniques at the loom. These include slitweave- known locally by the word kilim, warp-faced patterning (jajim), supplementary weft (zili), weft wrapping (popularly known as soumak), and extra weft wrapping (verneh). Furthermore, flatweaves are defined by regional names such as palas and shadda, so it is possible to ascribe a variety of weaving names to particular provenances as follows: soumaks are made in Kuba, palas, and kilims in Hajikabul, zili in Khizy, verneh and zili in Kazakh, shadda, verneh and zili in Barda, jajim in Agjabedi, and palas and kilims in Jabrail.
Soumak weave is a technique in which new weft threads are added to a plain weave fabric, and one or two warp threads are wound from the front to the back. The resulting kilim is denser and firmer, giving it a unique feel and look. This technique is commonly used in the Caucasus region.
Soumak Kilims have a very beautiful contrast between orange that shines like the sun, deep purple-tinged indigo, and astringent dark red. You can also see the unevenly dyed abrage in this sumac, which is like a magic carpet with an oriental atmosphere.
Features of the Caucasian kilim, such as the unique cosmic geometric floral pattern, are also found in this Soumak. It has a bright look, but it also has a faded and textured feel, so it can be used in a good old atmosphere. The woven fabric is particularly solid, so it is recommended for use in a solid living room or under a dining table without moving or twisting. A nice kilim under a long wooden dining table.
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Kilim Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Old Japanese wooden carved bear/animal figurine/Showa era
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden bear, likely made during the Showa era in Japan.
The industry of carving wooden bears in Hokkaido began to develop around the Taisho era as souvenirs.
During the col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
1860s-80s Japanese antique wabi sabi Urushi mid Tansu chest of drawers
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
New finds from an farmer's Kura (traditional style warehouse) in Ibaraki pref., Japan.
This mid-size, black Urushi lacquered Tansu chest of drawers is a product of late Edo to early...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Contemporary Purple Green Pink Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary gilded porcelain vase in a beautiful shape, intricately hand-painted in various hues of purple, a masterpiece by widely acclaimed master porcelain art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japan - Furniture
Materials
Gold
Japanese Antique Table, Table Rustic Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
Introducing our unique low table, a harmonious blend of a single slab and a traditional mortar. The tabletop is crafted from a single slab of cherry wood, while the mortar base is ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese old wood bench chair /wabi-sabi chair / primitive bench / exhibition st
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This bench is made by combining old wooden logs and antique Japanese tools.
The log is cut in half and the top surface is flat, making it comfortable to sit on.
As the logs age, the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Primitive Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
Wooden Low Table, Japanese Antique, Exhibition Stand, Wabi-Sabi, Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
Introducing our exquisite low table, a masterpiece crafted from the finest materials. The tabletop is a single slab of cherry wood, while the legs are made from high-quality oak, bot...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
New Konya Fine Handwoven Modern Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Wool Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Modern 'New' Fine Kilim from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
As early as the 13th century Marco Polo noted, in his account...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
18th Century Japanese Floral Paintings, Set of 5, Mineral Pigments on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
A set of 5 Japanese floral paintings from the 18th century. Each painted with mineral pigments directly applied to gold leaf. They were originally designed to be mounted on the leave...
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Asian copper bucket "tsurube" /20th century/hanging flower vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is believed to be a bronze "tsurube" (water bucket) made in Japan or East Asia.
It was likely used to draw water from wells.
The base shows dents, possibly from repeated impacts...
Category
20th Century East Asian Other Japan - Furniture
Materials
Copper
Japanese Contemporary Green Blue Platinum Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, intricately hand-painted in platinum, and vivid green and blue, on an elegant cylinder shape body with a sophisticated scal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japan - Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Contemporary Purple Pink Gold Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, intricately gilded and hand painted in shades of puple, blue and pink on an ovoid shape body with an attractive scalloped ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Japan - Furniture
Materials
Gold
Japanese Antique Exhibition Stand / Sword Case / 1800-1868s / Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old drawer for storing Japanese swords originally called "Katanatansu".
It is thought to be from around the Edo period.
Cedar is used for the material, and a large numbe...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper, Cedar
Italian Antique Cabinet
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an antique Italian cabinet.
It is probably quite old, dating back to the 1700s or 1800s.
The texture it has acquired over the years gives it a dignified appearance that is ...
Category
19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Teak
Comme Des Garçons No.2 Chair Rei Kawakubo
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Comme des garçons no.2 chair.
Iconic CDG chair designed by Rei Kawakubo in 1983. This piece is reproduced model in 2017 for Comme des Garcons special event.
There is a slight trace...
Category
1980s Japanese Minimalist Vintage Japan - Furniture
Materials
Steel
Japanese Antiques 2panels, Heron Folding Screen by Shugo Hotta
Located in Niiza, JP
Made of paper
Unfolded size: 1620 x 1610 mm
Folded size: 810 x 1610 mm D50 mm 5 kg
Estimated size after packaging (sandwiched between 5 mm plywood): 12 CM x 95 CM x 175 CM
Weight 18 ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Paper
1950s Japanese vintage wood display stand or stool. wabi sabi Japandi
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
New finds from a traditional barn in Ibaraki pref, Japan.
This display stand - or stool - is manufactured in mid 20th century, circa 1950s, estimate from the hearing from the former ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Japanese Antique Earthenware Tea Bowl/Edo Period/1700-1800/'Hagi Ware'
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is Hagi ware made in the middle of the Edo period.
Hagi ware is a type of pottery that began in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the early Edo period...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Mid 19th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Shioka Sorin (1781-1850)
Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons
Pair of six-panel Japanese Screens. Ink, gofun and pigments on silk.
Dimensions (each screen): H. 91.5cm x W. 285cm (3...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese Antique Large Table / Exhibition Table / 1912-1950s Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a table used by a sake brewing company (founded in the Edo period) in the Tohoku region of Japan.
For a long time, it was placed in a place for people who worked in the comp...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Jar "e-chi-zen ware" 1603-1800 / Beautiful Baked Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is "Echizen ware".
Echizen is a historic kiln located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
It is said to have originated around the 9th century.
There are 6 kilns with a long history...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Vintage & Old Kilim Cushion Cover, Anatolian Yastik Turkish Modern Pillow 4356
Located in Tokyo, JP
We made a cushion cover using the undamaged parts of the precious and high-quality old & antique kilims that cannot be repaired. Like a painting, a part of the scenery is cut out fro...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Japan - Furniture
Materials
Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs the Simonetti Mamluk Carpet 16th Century Revival Rug, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book How to Read – Islamic Carpets, Walter B. Denny, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014 fig.61,62. The five-star-medallion carpet was d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Japanese Screen, Early 20th Century Wagtail & Chrysanthemum by Ishizaki Koyo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947)
Wagtail & Chrysanthemum
Early 20th century
Folding screen in two-panels. Ink, pigments and gofun on gold leaf.
Sign: Koyo
Seal: Koyo
This ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bubble pendant lamp Foscarini Y2K style space age 90s
By Karim Rashid, Valerio Bottin, Foscarini
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Pendant lamp designed by Valerio Bottin around 2000. It is suitable for Y2K style pop interior. Also, Mid-century style and Space Age style.
It was produced by Foscarini. It's mad...
Category
1990s Italian Space Age Japan - Furniture
Materials
Steel
Antique Wooden Sculpture "Kobo Daishi" / Buddha Statues / Edo-Meiji Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese "Kobo Daishi" wooden figure.
"Kobo Daishi" means "Kukai".
"Kukai" was a monk from the early Heian period. His posthumous name was "Kobo Daishi". He is the fou...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Cypress
Ararat Rugs Kazak Rug with Hooked Medallions Antique Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a complete hooked field with double medallions rug from the late 19th century, Kazak region, Caucasus area. A striking field design features two medallions each with concentr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Japanese Paper Partition / Nolen Curtain / 1912-1926s / Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a partition made of cloth woven from old paper. In Japan, it is called "nolen".
This cloth was discovered in an old storehouse in Mizusawa City, Iwate Prefecture, japan.
It...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Furniture
Materials
Paper
19th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger & Dragon by Tani Bunchu.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Tani Bunchu (1823-1876)
Tiger and Dragon
A pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink on paper.
In this grand pair of Japanese Ryuko-zu screens the tiger crouches low to the ground, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Sivas Central Anatolian Old Medallion Rug Hand Knotted Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Antique Double Medallion Carpet from the Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sivas In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city known as Sebastea, the capital of Armenia Minor. Flourishing under Byzantine rule, Sivas reached a peak of prosperity under the Seljuks, only to be plundered in the fourteenth century by Tamerlane, as it was an important venue on the Persian and Iraqi trade routes. The Sivas region is inhabited by Turkish and Kurdish people, and until the genocide wrought by the Turks early this century, many Armenians dwelt there as well. Sivas gained certain fame as the site for the Sivas Congress of September 1919, convened by Mustafa Kemal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Japanese Contemporary Black Brown Hand-Glazed Porcelain Vase by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary museum quality contemporary Japanese hand-glazed decorative porcelain vase in a stunningly shape in black and brown, a masterpiece by a highly respected master porcelai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Japan - Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ararat Rugs Bellini Carpet Anatolian Rug, Renaissance Revival, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.159. The field drawing is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Japanese Antique Chests of Drawers, Meiji Era'1868-1912'Wabi Sabi
Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08
This antique chests of drawers was crafted in the Late Meiji Era(1868-1912).
Made of cedar wood, it showcases the beautiful signs of aging that add character to the piece.
The desi...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Paper-covered Box 1900s-1920s / Kakishibu
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old storage box covered in washi paper.
It was made in the Meiji period (1900s-1920s).
The old washi paper is painted with persimmon tannins.
Painting with persimmon ...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese Contemporary Blue Pink Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, elaborately and intricately hand-painted in blue and pink on a beautifully shaped piece to create a translucent surface. It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Japan - Furniture
Materials
Gold
Japanese Antique Large Ceramic Shrine 1860s-1920s / Object Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese pottery shrine (zushi).
It was made during the Meiji and Taisho periods (1860s-1920s), and was mainly placed in gardens to enshrine deities.
The word “zushi” ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Screen Painting, Early 19th Century, Autumn Flowers by Sakai Hoitsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
A two-fold Japanese screen by the Rimpa school artist Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828), Japan, 19th century, Edo period.
This small Japanese folding screen pai...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood, Silk
Antique Japanese Wood Bucket , Ocject, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an antique water bucket from the Taisho period (1912-1926).
The beautiful wood grain and stately iron bands that evoke a sense of histor...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Old Sivas Cecim Jijim Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Wool Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Old Vintage Handwoven Cecim (Jijim) Kilim from the Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Kilim Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Japanese Antique Simple Cabinet, Wabi Sabi, Japandi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
A storage shelf with a dignified yet gentle feel.
You can sense the elegance of its fine construction even from a distance.
The overall design is decorated with a traditional Japane...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
Old Vintage Beluch Carpet, Cental Asian Baluch Beluchi Baluchi Baluchistan Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Beluch ( also called Balouch, Balochi, Baluchi, Baluch, or Beluchi carpets) Carpet from the Baluchistan region with a rare and beautiful color composition and high-quality materials like; wool & dyes.
These carpets were woven by the nomads of the Baloch tribes. Baloch rugs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkmen Oushak Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Japanese wood table /wabi-sabi table / primitive table / exhibition wood table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wabi-sabi table made by combining driftwood and a new tabletop.
The base of the table is made of the same wood, and it has three legs, so it is very strong and sturdy.
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Primitive Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Iron Plate Door 1860s-1900s / Low Table Sofa Table Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an iron plate sliding door made in Japan.
It is a rare door made in the Meiji period (1860s-1900s), and the craftsmanship of the time still lives on today.
The structure is m...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Furniture
Materials
Iron
Old Japanese wooden frog figurine / 20th century / wood carving figurine
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I have acquired something very unique.
I would like to introduce an old Japanese wooden carved frog ornament.
The frog is standing and in a pose similar ...
Category
20th Century Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
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 Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese White Maneki neko Cat Object Edo period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This charming and rare hand-made, hand-painted Maneki Neko (beckoning cat) dates back to the Meiji period (1868–1912), showcasing exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail. K...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Old Bessarabian Kilim Rug, Moldovan Moldavian Romanian Bulgarian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Vintage Old Bessarabian Kilim Rug from Moldova with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Today it is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordering Romania and Ukrai...
Category
Late 20th Century Moldovan Kilim Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Wooden Display Stand, Low Table, Japanese Antique, Wabi-Sabi, Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a wooden antique low table from the Meiji era.
It was used as a working table for woodworkers of the time.
It is made of high quality Japanese cherry wood.
It has a beautif...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger & Dragon by Kaiho Yusetsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677)
Tiger and Dragon
Early Edo Period, Circa 1650
A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink and slight color on paper.
Dimensions:
Each screen: H. 171 cm x W. 380 cm (67.5’’ x 149.5’’)
In this pair of early Edo period Japanese screens a group of tigers prowl in a bamboo grove whipped with fierce wind, while a dragon claws through clouds and mist. The dragon embodies elemental qualities - looming out of the mist, the coils of its body disappearing in the clouds. The dragon is calling for rain, symbolizing spring which is considered the fountain of life. On the other side, the tigers calls for the wind, symbolizing autumn which is considered the end of life. Tigers were familiar motifs within Japanese art from ancient times though the animals were imaginary to the people in the 17th century. While dragons and tigers are usually associated as sacred and ferocious, in this painting, both animals have rather amusing expressions. The tigers appear to glare at the dragon with cat-like eyes, and the look on the swirling dragon’s face appears almost affectionate - lending a playful flair to an otherwise magnificent theme.
The tiger and dragon are cosmological symbols of the balancing forces in the world. Screens such as this were originally meant to express the fluctuating nature of the world. For Japanese in the early Edo period, they likely suggested the powers of the cosmos. In Japan the tiger and dragon motif was originally absorbed into the circles of Zen monasteries before spreading into the secular world. The theme especially appealed to the military classes with the Kano school, the official painters to the Shogun and the samurai, being the leading contributors. The painter of this pair of screens, Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677), was closely patronized by the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. In his later years he worked with Kano school artists...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Small Exhibition Stand, Low Table, Japanese Antique
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a Japanese decorative stand made during the Taisho period.
This decorative stand is carefully crafted from solid zelkova wood and has a beautiful lacquer finish. The beauti...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japan - Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Drawer Storage 1900s-1920s / Tansu Sideboard Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a drawer storage made in Japan.
It was made in the Taisho period (1900s-1920s) and is made of quaint cedar wood. The handles are made of iron, preserving the flavor of the pe...
Category
1910s Japanese Taisho Vintage Japan - Furniture
Materials
Iron
Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen copper cloth stand
By Ryosuke Harashima
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: A new polite
Cloth stand designed by Ryosuke Harashima.Made of copper pipes and brown glass.
STATEMENT:
The morphing of Emon-Kake (Kimono garment r...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Japan - Furniture
Materials
Copper
Philippe Starck Table model 'Nina Freed'
By Philippe Starck
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
The "Nina Freed" table was designed by Philippe Starck for Disform Barcelona in 1983. It's made of an aluminium structure and a round glass tabletop.
Philippe Starck (born 1949)
Ta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Japan - Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Golden Mountain Scenery Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This stunning 2-panel screen is a sublime representation of traditional Japanese artistry from the Showa period. It features a delicate and elegant depiction of mountainous landscape...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japan - Furniture
Materials
Textile, Wood
Rope stool by “Audoux-Minet”
By Adrien Audoux and Frida Minnet
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Rope stool by “Audoux-Minet”
Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet met in the Provence region of France during the 1940s and began collaborating on design projects. Their work reflects a rust...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Japan - Furniture
Materials
Rush, Wood
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