Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
The Friendly Garden Triptych - Pine, Bamboo, and Plum
Date: ca. 1980.
Size: Each panel measures 21.25 x 11.75 inches.
Publisher: The Yoshida Family Studio. Issued by the Franklin Mint.
Signed and sealed by the artist in the image.
Signed in pencil in Japanese in the margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top back margins have original tape residue. Slight toning.

Magnificent and rare Ken Fujiwara Bizen Chawan

Size
Width 12.5cm
Height 8.5cm


Condition
Excellent
Supplied with signed wooden box

Fujiwara Ken (1924-1977) holds a significant position among the distinguished artists of Bizen ware, despite his relatively short career. His creations have garnered substantial attention and remain highly sought after by collectors...

Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 20 C.M. / Width 19.7 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Antique Japanese scroll painting of Kannon also known as Guanyin. The Goddess of Mercy sits on a rock overhanging a still body of water. She is silhouetted by the full moon. Painted in sumi-e ink on paper. There is a seal in the lower right hand side.

Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)

Dimensions: Total size of scroll: 70 1/2" high x 15 3/4" wide (18" wide including rollers). Size of art: 37 1/2" high x 11 1/2" wide

Heat shattered gold foil decorates the amber glass of this sake set by Yoshida Katsumi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The Cups are 6.3 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter, 3 cm tall. The pot is 21 x 17 x 17 cm (8-1/4 x 7 x 7 inches) and all are in excellent condition.
Yoshida Katsumi is a master craftsman born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1938. He is well known for his tea utensils, including water pourers and sencha bowls...

Rare exquisite Tenmoku glazed tea bowl made by Living National Treasure Shimizu Uichi (1926-2004). The mark of the artist is stamped on base.

Size
Width 12cm
Height 8cm

Condition
Excellent
Supplied with signed wooden box

Shimizu Uichi stood as one of the prominent artists based in Kyoto during his era...

A fine Japanese incense burner, made of wood with pierced gilt copper lid, the interior with copper lining. On a black lacquer ground slightly raised decoration showing a landscape with rockwork and trees in different gold lacquer techniques. Condition: please look at the photos carefully, traces of age and usage, few small lacquer losses, rim with two cracks, lid slightly distorted. Dimension: c. 8.4 cm high, c. 4.8 cm long and wide.

1930's Japanese Satsuma Vase with Flower Marked "Kinkozan"

It is 5.5 inches (14 cm) tall by 7 inches (18 cm) wide. It is 2.1 lb.

It has minor rubbing of gold and paint, minor stain and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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The large characters in the center of this scroll "南無妙法蓮華経" are pronounced as "Namu Myōho Renge Kyō” in English — a phrase associated with Nichiren Buddhism that is often recited as a mantra, expressing devotion to the Lotus Sutra. This sutra is one of the main tenants of Nichiren and is thought by devotees to be the ultimate law and truth of the universe...

A “wood-grain carving” figure of a minogame, a turtle with a long tail of algae growing from its carapace. Carved out of Jindai-sugi (Japanese cedar wood) in such a way that the wood grain accentuates the skin on the legs and head, the protrusions of the carapace and the algae.

Unsigned...

MAP

Contemporary work of pen-and-ink drawing on copier paper titled 'Map' by a Japanese art brut artist, Junko. 2020. Frame: 44.5 x 37 x 1.2 cm (17.51 x 14.56 x 0.47in). The map assembling the every places (name of places, stations, shops, etc.) she has ever been, and this is the only her work with characters among her drawings and paintings as I had seen at that time in 2020. Some creases and damage as is. Free shipping only if you don't want the frame...

CYCLAMEN ON BOUNDARY

Unique vivid layered scenery of the potted red cyclamen displayed at internal veranda ('engawa') in the background of many blue flowers over the window viewed from the inside of room looking over the snow-watching shoji sliding door ('yukimi-shoji'). Anonymous Japanese-style painting ('Nihonga') with natural mineral pigments ('iwa-enogu') on washi paper covering on wooden board as a handmade (recomposed) canvas...

Japanese Meiji period woodblock print by Ogata Gekko titled “The Soul of Japan: A Chivalrous Man” from the series Gekko’s Essays published by Takegawa Risaburo and dated in the lower left margin 1892. Signed and with the artist’s red seal at the lower right. Paper: 14 3/8” x 9 3/4" (image: 12 3/4" x 8 1/2"). Very good color and overall condition with gauffrage in the title cartouche and full margins...

An agate-like cluster floats in the crystal glass of this large vessel by leading Japanese glass artist Hosoi Moto-o enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Ever inventive his works speak of the asymmetry and textures of the natural world. It is 43 cm (16-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hosoi Moto-o (Motoo) was born in Osaka in 1964, and both his older brother and sister also became glass artists. After creating a studio with his brother, he ventured out on his own...

A Japanese boxwood okimono depicting Okame, a figure from Japanese folklore known for his cheerful smile. The figure of Okame is depicted smiling, in an elegant pose while she holds her clothes in her hands and holds a carved fan in her right hand. The fan, a symbol of sophistication in Japanese culture, adds an element of beauty. Boxwood is a precious and versatile wood...

Sagemono complete with wooden tonkotsu with applications depicting different insects in the Shibayama technique, black stone ojime and horn netsuke. Tonkotsu, made of wood, is used in Japanese culture to contain tobacco dust, flavorings or medicines. A group of insects are depicted in great detail on the surface of the tonkotsu, including butterflies, a cricket, bees, a ladybird and a dragonfly...

Kodansu in gold lacquer and mother of pearl, with silver hinges and decorated with naturalistic motifs. The surface is covered with a delicate and shiny golden lacquer on a nashiji background which gives the box set brilliance. Decoration with naturalistic motifs in lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlays depicting stylized peonies and phoenixes in flight, creating an evocative contrast of colors and a fascinating texture. The inside of the kodansu hides three drawers decorated with silver kno...

We proudly present an iridescent tea bowl with wonderful rainbow glaze by one of the greatest ceramic artists of our time, Hideaki Miyamura. It comes in mint condition with its signed and sealed wooden box.

Hideaki Miyamura was born in 1955 in Niigata, Japan, and traveled to the United States to study art history at Western Michigan University. After college, he returned to Japan in 1987 to pursue his interest in ceramics as an apprentice with master potter Shurei Miura in Yamanash...