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Item Ships From: Japan
17th Century Japanese Screen. Cranes and Peonies. Edo period.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cranes and Peonies
Anonymous, Kano School.
Edo period, second half of the 17th century.
Six-panel Japanese screen. Ink, pigment gofun and gold leaf on paper.
This Japanese screen...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Artillery Shell 1900s-1920s / Iron Ball Object Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese artillery shell.
From its appearance, it is assumed that it is an iron shell for artillery.
Considering the size, shape, and rusty condition of this iron ball...
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1910s Japanese Showa Vintage Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen. Flowers of the Four Seasons.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Flowers of the Four Seasons
A four-panel Japanese screen. Ink, gofun and pigments on gold leaf.
This Japanese screen is a rich visual celebration of the flowers of the fo...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Circa 1900 Japanese Pine Screen Pair. Aged Dragons by Suzuki Shonen.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Suzuki Shonen (1848-1918)
Aged Dragons
A pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink and gold leaf on paper.
Dimensions: Each Screen: H. 170 cm x 378 cm (67" x 149")
As with the pair...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Fish 1860s-1900s / Figurine Object Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old carved wooden fish made in Japan.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s) and was carefully carved one by one using chestnut wood. The annual ring pattern th...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Chestnut
Japanese Old Female Figure Sculpture 1960s-1980s / Human Statue Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old wood carving made in Japan. It is a female figure by an unknown artist, and is estimated to have been made in the late Showa period (1960s-1980s). The statue is carved...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Japanese antique wooden work board / 20th century / small display stand
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wooden workbench made from zelkova wood (keyaki), known for its hardness and beautiful grain. The thick cross-sectional shape clearly reveals the concentric g...
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Large Penis 1800s-1860s / Sculpture Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old carved large wooden penis statue made in Japan.
It was made during the Edo period (1800s-1860s) and is made of cedar.
In the Tōhoku region of Japan, there has long be...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Huge Wooden Bowl 1906s / Primitive Object Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a huge old Japanese lacquer wood bowl.
It was manufactured in 1906 (Meiji period), and its age can be read from the writing on the bottom. The material used is cedar wood, ma...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar, Lacquer
Antique iron hanging bell from Japan or East Asia/Early 20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old iron hanging bell believed to have been made over 100 years ago. It is highly likely that it was manufactured in Japan, though the possibility of Korean or Chinese ori...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Zushi, wabi sabi miniature shrine w/ Ebisu figurine mingei
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Antique wooden Zushi (miniature shrine, the "house of the Gods") with mini wooden figurine of Ebisu - from Tohoku area., Japan.
Manufactured circa 1860s - 1900s (late Edo to Meiji pe...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Primitive Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Japanese Rinpa Screen. White Chrysanthemums. School of Korin.
Located in Kyoto, JP
School of Ogata Korin
White Chrysanthemums
18th Century, Edo period.
A two-panel Japanese screen. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper.
Dimensions: H. 171 cm x W. 188 cm (67.5” x 74”)
On this two-panel Japanese screen we see blooming chrysanthemums, a flower which embodies the essence of autumn in Japan. Here the traditional floral theme has been simplified and stylized. The bright colors and asymmetrical composition against the delicate gold leaf create a luxurious and ornate work of art. Its background, a strikingly patinated grid of gold leaf, denies any sense of place or time and imbues everything with an ethereal glow. The leaves and stems of the plants are nothing more than pools of mottled color and ink without any outline whatsoever. These are typical Rinpa adaptations of traditional ink painting methods; tarashikomi, or diluted washes of color blended while very wet, and mokkotsu, or “bonelessness,” which creates forms without exterior outlines. The relief work of the rounded flower petals has been obtained by the moriage process (a mixture based on ground shells modeled on the surface of the paper).
On the lower right of the screen, the siganture “Hokyo Korin Jakumyo” and the “Hoshuku” seal can be read. Korin is Ogata Korin, famed for the Irises (Nezu Museum) and Red and White Plum Blossom (MOA Museum of Art) folding screens, both National Treasures. Korin worked in both Kyoto and Edo in the mid-Edo period. Korin was using the art name “Jakumyo” just after he received the Hokyo level, which was in 1701.
This particular screen was published in May of 1961 in the Japanese Sansai Fine Art Magazine*. An in depth article accompanies the photograph of the screen and and a photograph of the signature and seal. This article devotes much of its body to discussing the moriage technique, how it enlivens the chrysanthemum flowers and Korin’s specific skill in using the technique. The article goes on to discuss the most famous works of Korin, utilizing this technique, which were known at the time. Specifically a two-panel screen held in the Honolulu Museum which was discovered in the store-house of Takahashi Soan. A two-panel screen pair which the Nakano family own. A two-panel screen pair with chrysanthemums in moriage in fan designs owned by the Nomura family. Also a small folding screen featuring chrysanthemums held in the Yamato Bunkakan. The article goes on to say that this particular two-fold screen came from the Nijo family. Korin is known to have had a strong connection with the aristocratic Nijo family. The article explains that Korin received a lot of favors from the Nijo family and that this screen would have been gifted to them.
Since that time the Honolulu screen has been amended to ‘attributed to Ogata Korin’ and I do not know further details of the other 3 screens. Other Chrysanthemum screens...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Natural Wood Penis 1860s-1920s / Figurine Object Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a phallic statue made of natural wood produced in Japan.
It is estimated to have been created during the Meiji and Taisho periods (1860s-1920s), and is made of richly texture...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pine
Mid 18th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Crows & Pines by Unkoku Toshuku.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Unkoku Toshuku (1722-1779)
Crows and Pines
A pair of six-panel Japanese Screens. Ink and gold leaf on paper.
Dimensions: Each Screen: H. 170.5 cm x W. 375 cm
Haha-cho or mynah birds, whose forms resemble crows in artwork, were commonly depicted in Japanese art. These types of paintings were originally modeled on paintings attributed to the 13th century Chinese painter Muqi (Mokkei), whose art was enormously influential in Japan. Crows only became a theme among Japanese artists from the later 1500s onward. They likely were inspired by these imported Chinese paintings of myna birds, which are not native to Japan, substituting the native species of crow instead.
The best known early examples of the depiction of Japanese crows are two Momoyama screen...
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Mino straw cape made of rice straws, mingei wabi sabi art piece
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Antique "Mino", also called "Bandori" Straw cape made of rice straws - From Tohoku area, Japan.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Straw
Japanese "Suiseki" Mountain View Scholar's Old Large Stone /Mountain Scenery
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stone mined in Japan.
Not only in China but also in Japan from ancient times, rocks in the mountains have been shaved and stones for viewing have been quarried.
It is a ve...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Early 20th Century Japanese Nihonga Screen. Bamboo Forest.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Bamboo Forest
Early Taisho era. Circa 1910-1915.
Six-panel Japanese Screen. Mineral pigment, gofun and ink on silk.
A six-panel Japanese folding screen, painted on silk in...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese old wood stand / Exhibition stand wabi-sabi / primitive wood stand /
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This display stand is made by combining old wooden sleepers with a newly made tabletop.
The top of the display stand is finished with cashew paint, like lacquer, and has a jet blac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Primitive Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Old Japanese wooden rabbit figurine/20th century/carved animal
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden rabbit made in the Taisho to Showa eras (20th century) in Japan.
The sculptor's name is engraved on the bottom, and it seems to have been carved by a person named "O...
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Old Japanese black maneki-neko object / 20th century / lucky ornament
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Here is a Japanese "Maneki Neko" (beckoning cat) figurine from the Showa era. It is made from either clay or plaster and features a simple yet impactful design. On the back, you can ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Plaster, Clay
Circa 1925. Taisho era Japanese Nihonga Screen. Camellia & Bamboo.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Camellia & Bamboo
Taisho era
Two-panel Japanese Screen. Mineral pigment, gofun and ink on silk.
A small Japanese Nihonga screen capturing...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Bronze Horse Sculpture – Signed Takanoshi, Japan, 1933
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A striking bronze sculpture of a horse, signed Takanoshi and dated 1933, showcasing a bold yet contemplative depiction of the animal’s form. The surface is richly textured, emphasizi...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Old Display Stand with BK color / Japanese Old Wooden Shelves
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a beautiful black Japanese display shelf.
The wood is oak.
Oak has long been used for luxury furniture in Japan.
The design is very sim...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Other
Antique Japanese wooden Buddha statue/Edo period/seated Tathagata statue
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden Buddha statue made around the Edo period (1603-1868).
It is likely to be Amida Nyorai, the highest-ranking Buddha statue, which is an enlightened being.
This Buddha ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cypress
Edo period Japanese Screen. Tiger and Pine by Kishi Ganku.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kishi Ganku (1749/1756-1838)
Tiger and Pine
A six-panel Japanese Screen. Ink on silver leaf.
The central focus of this Japanese screen is a large tiger, emerging from shadow, crou...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese antique pottery fragments/12th to 13th century/Flower vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Tokoname ware is a historic kiln in Japan, where pottery has been made since before the Common Era, and a kiln was established in the 5th century. This kiln is located in Aichi Prefe...
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15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
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 Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japan Massive Old Stone Yukimi Lantern with Beautiful Details, 48 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare Early Classic in a stunningly Large 48" Size.
Beautiful patina, lovely lantern
Please view the video.
Japan, a fine large old hand crafted stone Yukimi hexagonal top lantern...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone, Granite
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 Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860-1920s / Sculpture Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old wooden form of Daruma made in Japan.
It is estimated to have been made between the Meiji and Taisho periods (1860s-1920s) and seems to have been made of cedar wood.
De...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Old Shell Casing 1930s-1940s / Iron Object Flower Vase Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is the warhead part (shell) of an old Japanese shell. Functional parts such as the internal explosive and fuse have already been lost, and we present this as a safe relic that h...
Category
1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
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 Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid 19th Century Framed Japanese Painting. Mice & Millet
Located in Kyoto, JP
Obata Tosho (1812-1886)
Mice & Millet
Late Edo period, mid 19th Century
Framed Japanese Painting. Ink and color on paper.
Individually framed 19th century bird and flower paintin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Cambodian antique stone Buddha figurine/Angkor period/Khmer art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We will introduce very old Cambodian sculpture art.
This was made as part of architectural sculptures such as temples.
It is thought to be a Baphuon...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
Japanese Massive Antique Red Kurama Spirit Stone Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
Just discovered from an old Japanese Shiga garden and from our recent Japanese Acquisitions.
Please view our video of our newest discovery.........
Here's a beautiful and unique wa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone, Granite
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Old Japanese stone and concrete display stand/late 20th century/bonsai stand
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a one-of-a-kind exhibition stand that utilizes an old L-shaped concrete made around the latter half of the 20th century.
The L-shaped stone material that serves as the main ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Other Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone, Concrete
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...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 ...
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Old Wood Carving Dog 1950s-1970s / Figurine Sculpture Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old carved wooden dog made in Japan.
It was produced in the late Showa period (1950s-1970s) and is made of zelkova wood, which has a beautiful grain. The robust and expres...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Old Wood Carving Bear 1950s-1970s / Sculpture Figurine
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a vintage hand-carved wooden bear from Japan.
It was crafted in the mid-Showa period (1950s–1970s) and has long been cherished as a traditional folk craft from Hokkaido.
The ...
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1950s Japanese Showa Vintage Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Peacock & Bamboo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & Flowers of the Seasons
Pheasants & Plum in Snow
Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and gofun on silk
Kano Chikanobu 1819-1888
Signature...
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Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
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...
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Japanese Screen. View of West Lake by Unkoku Toyo.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Unkoku Toyo (1612-1668)
View of West Lake
Pair of eight-panel Japanese Screens. Ink and gold wash on paper.
Dimensions: Each screen: H. 110 cm x W. 372 cm (43” x 147”)
This pair ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Wooden Brazier/Hibachi Brazier/1868-1912s Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese brazier.
It is made of zelkova wood and is thought to date back to the Meiji period.
It features the strong grain of zelkova...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Primitive Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
19th Century Japanese Scroll Painting, Birds & Flowers of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds and flowers of the four seasons
Early to mid-19th century
Ink, pigment and gofun on silk
Unidentified artist
Signature: S...
Category
1830s Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Silk
Antique Japanese Zushi mini shrine w/ Daikoku wood figurines wabi sabi , mingei
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Antique wooden Zushi (miniature shrine, the "house of the Gods") with wooden figurine of Daikoku - from Tohoku area., Japan.
Manufactured circa 1860s - 1900s (late Edo to Meiji perio...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Primitive Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Primitive Wood Chair from Japan 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi Wooden Chair Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old primitive chair discovered in Japan.
Details of this chair are unknown. It is also possible that it was not produced in Japan, but was brought over from East Asia or S...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Edo Period Stone Buddha/1600’s/Japanese Antique Buddha Statue/Garden Ornament
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This stone Buddha sculpture, believed to date back to the early Edo period or earlier, depicts Jizo Bosatsu in a seated pose.
Crafted from granite, it showcases the natural effects ...
Category
Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Set of two sake cups by Seigan - famous Hagi potter
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This is a Sake cup of Japanese Hagi Ware made by a famous potter, Seigan Yamane. The seal of the potter is stamped on the bottom.
Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese "Suiseki" Mountain View Scholar's Stone / Elegant Mountain Scenery
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stone mined in Japan.
Not only in China but also in Japan from ancient times, rocks in the mountains have been shaved and stones for viewing have been quarried.
Such stones for appreciation are collectively called "suiseki".
Suiseki means "water" and "stone".
The name comes from the fact that I enjoyed pouring water on the stones and changing the color of the stones.
And this item is also Suiseki, but it is for viewing without splashing water.
It is made with the image of a mountain view.
The flow of the river...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Japanese Iron Garden Lantern – Meiji to Taisho Period, Early 20th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A beautiful Japanese iron garden lantern dating to the early 20th century (Meiji–Taisho period). Traditionally used to illuminate temple paths and tea gardens, this piece is crafted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Korean antique cup-shaped earthenware/excavated earthenware/hard earthenware
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old cup-shaped earthenware from Korea.
It was made in a country called "Kaya" located at the southern tip of the Korean peninsula.
This is fired at a kiln temperature ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier South Korean Other Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
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 Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Small Japanese Bronze Vase with Warm Patina, 20th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This compact Japanese bronze vase charms with its classic silhouette and richly mottled patina in warm reddish-brown tones. The subtle variations in the surface evoke the organic bea...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Circa 1920. Taisho era Japanese Nihonga Screen. Dahlias & Cockscomb.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kawabe Kasho (b.1892)
Dahlias & Cockscomb
Taisho era. Circa 1920
Two-panel Japanese Screen. Mineral pigments and ink on silk.
This exquisite two-panel Japanese folding screen, pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese antique wooden large penis / folk belief / 1868-1920
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This item is a giant wooden penis that was used in old Japanese houses from the late 19th century to the early 20th century (Meiji to Taisho eras). This i...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
19th thick lattice door, antique sliding door w/ panel. Japanese wabi sabi shoji
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese antique thick lattice sliding door, ara-koshido,
Edo to Meiji period circa 1870s to early 1900s.
Nowadays it's getting harder & more rare to find a sliding door with thick...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
$682 Sale Price
25% Off
Japanese Contemporary Blue White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary museum-quality decorative porcelain vase, painstakingly intricately hand painted in blue underglaze on an elegantly shaped ovoid porcelain body, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Japan - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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