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Item Ships From: Japan
A rare wooden sliding door with Japanese paintings/1800-1920/Edo-Meiji
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden sliding door produced in Japan from the late Edo period to the Meiji period. This piece, which must have watched over people's lives for many years, is more than jus...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Cypress
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 Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Beech
Wooden workbench of a Japanese lacquerware craftsman/20th century/wall-hanging
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a lacquerware craftsman's workbench believed to have been actually used in Fukushima Prefecture and other areas in the Tohoku region between 1945 and 1960. This box-shaped st...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Cedar, Lacquer
Japanese Antique Lacquered Board/“Negoro” /Like abstract painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old lacquered board made in Japan.
It is called a "Negoro" board.
Negoro is a type of Japanese lacquerware.
It is characterized by applying black lacquer to the wood base ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Cypress
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 Japanese Taisho Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Cedar
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese woven wall hanging basket/20th century/Wabi-sabi vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a rustic woven basket made of walnut bark, made in Japan around the 20th century.
In Japan, tools made of natural materials have been used since ancient times as baskets for ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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 Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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 Japanese Showa Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
17th Century Japanese Screen. Ink Plum Tree & Birds by Kano Naonobu.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kano Naonobu (1607-1650)
Plum Tree and Birds
Six-fold Japanese Screen. Ink and slight color on paper.
In this evocative ink work spread over a six-panel folding screen, we see the consummation of the elegance and refinement of the Edo Kano school. This 17th century screen is a rare surviving example of a large-scale bird and flower painting by Kano Naonobu, the younger brother of Kano Tanyu...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique woodblock painting of a Myo-o king/Edo period painting/wall decoration
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Buddhist painting on board, estimated to have been painted around the Edo period (1603-1868). The plate depicts a Myoo image similar to Zao Gongen or Fudo Myoo, with his ri...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Cedar
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 Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Small Door "Wall Decoration" 1860s-1900s / Wabisabi
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a thing that was a very old small door made in Japan.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The frame is made of cedar wood and the lattice is made of bamboo.
It ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Cedar
Japanese Screen Painting, circa 1700 'Horses' by Kano Tanshin
Located in Kyoto, JP
Horses
Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718)
Two-panel tea-ceremony Japanese screen or furosaki
Ink on gold leaf,
late 17th-early 18th century
Measures: H 55 cm x W 182 cm
The Kano school was closely aligned with the warrior class in Japan. The samurai, who lived in a closed and rigid hierarchical society established by the Shogunate, were drawn to the energy and freedom horses symbolize; Kano school artists commonly depicted the equine creatures as they are here, in unfettered and carefree family groups. China originally introduced horse paintings to Japan; the works typically focused on capturing the essence of horses in their various environments and often involved integrating human figures into the images.
Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718) was the son of Kano Tanyu...
Category
1690s Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Old Japanese root tree object/Wall ornament/Wall decoration
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wooden object.
It is carved from the root of a tree.
I believe it was made from the late Showa period to the early Heisei period.
The wood was originally a li...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Large Paper Boro / Wall Decoration /Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a large old Japanese paper, and it is speculated that it may have been used for sericulture.
The appearance of being randomly pasted to increase the thickness of the paper h...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Turtles & Azalea
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
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 Japanese Meiji Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Japanese antique bamboo woven basket/wall hanging vase/1868-1920/Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a woven bamboo basket made in Japan from the Meiji to Taisho periods (1868-1920).
I don't know if the baskets actually used by farmers were repurposed as flower vases, or if ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese antique pottery vase / "Sueki" Round jar/Earthenware excavated in Kyoto
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have an aesthetic sense peculiar to Japanese people.
And we introduce the unique items that only we can do, the route of purchasing in Japan, the experience value so far, and the ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Pottery
Contemporary Japanese Abstract Calligraphy by Dai Okumura
Located in Chiba, JP
Indian ink on old Japanese paper, 62 x 102 cm. Some creases.
Category
2010s Japanese Japonisme Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Japanese Large Iron Plate Abstract Art 1900s-1940s / Wall decoration Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a door that was an iron plate door made in Japan.
It is an old fixture made in the early Showa period (1900s-1940s), with iron plates carefully stretched over a cedar wood fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, Willow and Sparrows, circa 1920 Taisho era
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Summer willow and sparrows
Taisho period, circa 1920
Framed painting. Mineral pigments, mica, gold, ink and gofun on silk
Dimensions (framed):
H. 98 cm x W. 135 cm x D...
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Silk
Japanese Framed Silk Painting, Turtledoves and Peaches, Taisho Era, circa 1920
Located in Kyoto, JP
Nakamura Daizaburo
Turtledoves in a Peach Tree
Taisho period, circa 1920
Framed painting. Mineral pigments, ink and gofun on silk
Signed: Daizaburo
Dimensions (framed)...
Category
1910s Japanese Taisho Vintage Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Silk
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 Japanese Organic Modern Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
19th Century Japanese Scroll Painting by Igarashi Chikusa, Poppies & Butterflies
Located in Kyoto, JP
Poppies & Butterflies
Ink, pigment and gofun on silk
Igarashi Chikusa (1774-1844)
Signature: Chikusa Ran Zen
Upper Seal: Ran Shuzen
Lower Seal: Kyoho
Dimensions:
Scroll: H. 68” x W. 18” (172cm x 45cm)
Image: H. 38.5’’ x W. 12.5’’ (98cm x 32cm)
This composition shows elegant images of poppies and the butterflies that are inevitably drawn to them. It captures a momentary glimpse into a world both visually dazzling and startlingly realistic. The painting is infused with sensitivity and attention to seasonal change and weather conditions. The thin and fragile poppies are beautifully depicted with brilliant colors and the butterflies are similarly infused with life. The painting is on silk which requires extremely precise painting skills as no element once painted can be removed.
Poppies were a favorite subject of Rinpa school artists through the ages. Originally they were somewhat abstracted but by the age of Sakai Hoitsu...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
circa 1930 Japanese Silver Screens by Isoi Joshin, Flowers of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers of the four seasons
Isoi Joshin (1883-1964)
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens
Ink, pigment, lacquer and silver leaf on pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Showa Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silver Leaf
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Large Contemporary Yellow Black Gilded Raised Silk Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary two panel folding screen or "byobu" featuring genryoku style handcrafted raised silk kimono in yellow, black and gold on a cream color background. Tagasode is t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Brocade
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 - Wall Decorations
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...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
ARKO Wall Art14 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 (B)
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons
Pair of six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold on paper.
Second half of the 19th Centur...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Silver Screen Pair, Meiji Period, Herons & Plovers, Shijo School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Heron & Plovers
Ink and silver leaf on paper
Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917)
A pair of low six-panel Japanese screens by Maekawa Bunrei, a later master of the Kyoto based Shijo school of painting. On the right screen a solitary white heron stands motionless in a stream. On the left screen plovers play along a shoreline. The elegant forms are executed employing fluid, minimalistic ink brushstrokes. The soft brushstrokes and the sharp light of the silver leaf lend the scenes a sense of translucence. The sophisticated composition superbly exploits the long, horizontal pictorial surface of the pair of folding screens...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, Mid 19th Century, Koi and Water Plants
By Iwase Hirotaka
Located in Kyoto, JP
Iwase Hirotaka (1808-1877)
Koi and Water Plants
Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold wash and gold flecks on silk
Inscription: Hirotaka
Seal: Ille...
Category
1860s Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Phoenix & Paulownia
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Japanese Screen Pair, circa 1730, Peacocks and Phoenix, Kano School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Phoenix and Peacocks.
A pair of six-panel Japanese folding screens by Tsunetake Yotei (n.d.)
First half of the 18th century.
The signature reads 67 year old Tsunetake.
The seals read:
-Tsunetake no in,
-Yotei,
-Seishin
Dimensions:
Each screen – H. 69” x W. 149” (176 cm x 378 cm)
A pair of Kano Grand Picture (Waga) screens depicting phoenix and peacocks rich with symbolic meaning. Dating to the first half of the 18th century, from the Kobikicho Kano school in Edo, this pair of folding...
Category
Early 18th Century Asian Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese "BORO" 1800s-1860s / Tapestry Rug Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This BORO is an extremely valuable old cloth made in Japan during the Edo period (1800s-1860s).
It is filled with the wisdom and history of people's lives who, in order to survive th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Korean Grapevine and Squirrel Scroll Painting, Mid Joseon Period
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous. Korean, 17th century. Joseon period.
Hanging scroll. Ink on paper.
Seal: Shinso
Dimensions:
Scroll: H. 200 cm x W. 31 cm (79” x 12”)
Image: H. 122 cm x W. 29.5 cm (48” x 11.5”)
The grapevine came to China and then Korea from western Asia via the silk road trade routes. By the mid-Joseon period, it was one of the most popular subjects for Korean literati painters. Grapevines were painted as a singular subject or, less commonly, in combination with squirrels, which are associated with children due to their playful nature. Together, grapevines and squirrels embody wishes for abundant offspring and wealth.
For the Korean literati artist the twisting vines, curling tendrils and round, plump grapes provided ample opportunity for expressive "brush play”. In this painting the artist has abstracted the scene and is seemingly unconcerned with discontinuities and proportion. Vines spring up from nowhere, grapes hang in random clusters and the squirrel’s head appears as if twisted backwards. For the vines and leaves we can feel a sense of speed in the brushstrokes, imparting a dynamic feel which is at once intense and animated. This contrasts dramatically with the countless tiny strokes of ink which realistically capture the texture of the squirrel’s fur...
Category
17th Century Korean Other Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Buddhist pagoda hanging scroll /Buddhist painting/Edo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a slightly different Buddhist painting believed to have been created by a Japanese temple monk during the Edo period (late 17th to 19th century). Rendered in ink on paper, th...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
Grapevine
Anonymous. Korean, 17th century.
Wall panel, ink on paper.
Upper seal:
Kou Kinun in
Lower seal:
Kaigen
Dimensions:
Measures: 98.5 cm x 29.5 cm (39” ...
Category
17th Century Korean Other Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Painting. Bird and Flower. 19th century copy of Lu Ji by Ogata Tomin.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Ogata Tomin (1839 -1895)
Birds in a spring landscape
Ink and colour on silk.
Inscription reads:
“Copy of Lu Ji, painted with heartfelt appreciation”
“Painted by Tomin Ogat...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Ming Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Japanese Antique Door "Wall Decoration" 1860s-1900s / Abstract Art Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This was a very old Japanese warehouse (kura) window sliding door.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The frame is made of cedar wood and the lattice is bamboo.
It w...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Cedar
Antique Uzbekistan Tashkent All Over Silk Suzani Embroidered Wall Hanging
Located in Tokyo, JP
This wall hanging is all over hand-embroidered Suzani design, silk & cotton ground and the embroidery thread is 100% silk.
Suzani, which means "embroidery" in Uzbek, began around ...
Category
Early 20th Century Uzbek Kilim Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
17th Century Japanese Screen Pair by Soga Nichokuan, Hawks on Pine & Plum Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Hawks on plum and pine
Soga Nichokuan (active circa 1625-1660)
Pair of six-fold screens.
Ink, mineral pigments, gofun, gold and speckled gold l...
Category
1640s Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
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 Japanese Edo Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Silk
Japanese Antique Galvanised Iron 1940s-1970s/Wall Decorations Wabi-Sabi Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese tin object.
This item is from the mid-Showa period (1940s-1970s).
This tin was manufactured in large quantities during Japan's period of rapid economic growth...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Zinc
Antique Vase Made of Japanese Bamboo and Bark /Wall-Mounted Flower Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
If you want something special, we recommend purchasing items selected by Brood.
We sell carefully selected old Japanese items.
I've seen tens of thousands of items so far.
Based on that experience, only selected items are posted here.
We are able to do this because of our long experience.
There may be items on the 1stdibs site that look and feel the same, but the items selected by Brood are unique.
This is an old Japanese vase...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Old Iron Frame Of Winnow / Wall Decoration / Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese winnowing basket's iron frame.
Winnowing basket is a single-mouthed or round-plate-shaped folk utensils used for sorting, transporting, and drying grains.
I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Japan - Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
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