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The Kura
sold, with thanks! Two silk Fukusa wrapping cloths designed and or hand painted by Kamisaka Sekka enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating from the Taisho period. The first is an emboridered wrapping cloth with patterns of flowers and grasses designed by Sekka, 13 x 14 inches (33 x 35.5 cm) in excellent condition complete with red cloth obi. For an identical piece see Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master - Pioneer of Modern Design by Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art 2003 p. 103 fig 23...
Welcome To Another Century
$3,500.00 A pair of abstracted foxes, sitting at their haunches, tails curled wound their feet, their heads turned upwards, gazing at the moon.
Brown patinated bronze with roughened surface. Each fox signed on the bottom ‘Kozan’ in archaic script...
Spoils of Time
$65 Two Zohiko covered rice bowls. Colorful leaf decoration sparsely applied on black ground with almost iridescent effect with gold and silver maki-e and red details. Zohiko marks in gold lacquer inside the bowls' foot rims. 20th century. Bowl diameter 5 1/16 inches (12.86 cm). The bowls each with small lacquer losses along the foot rim. The lacquer otherwise being in good condition with no distress or wear of note. Combine with other pieces from this set to save on shipping.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1032094
(stock #Uchima002)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Artist: Uchima (Aohara) Toshiko (1918-2000). Aohara would marry the renowned artist Ansei Uchima.
Scene: Girl in Costume. Image area: 5.5 x 3.5 inches. A woodblock print tipped at the top to original cardstock. Bears the "Aohara" seal. Publisher: Kyoto Hanga-In. Condition: Excellent.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1434678
(stock #Konen002)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Uehara Konen (1878-1940)
Hirosaki Castle Size: Mitsugiriban. Approximately 15 X 6.75 inches. Publisher: Likely Watanabe Shozaburo. Date: ca. 1920s-1930s. Artist's seal at lower left. Medium: Japanese woodblock print Condition: Excellent.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1910
item #1491750
(stock #Konen004)
Era Woodblock Prints
$150.00 Uehara Konen (1878-1940)
Pagoda and Moon Size: 5.0 x 3.25 inches. 12.8 x 8.4 cm. ca. 1910. Published by Kobayashi Bunshichi. The publisher's shop and many works did not survive the 1923 earthquake. Artist's seal lower right. Publisher's seal right. Cartouche with number 262 in Japanese at right. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition. Ink dot in tree.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1491751
(stock #Konen003)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Uehara Konen (1878-1940)
Dock and sailboat at night Size: 7.875 x 3.875 inches. 19.8 x 10 cm. ca. 1910. Published by Kobayashi Bunshichi. The publisher's shop and many works did not survive the 1923 earthquake. Artist's seal, publisher's seal lower left. Cartouche with number 333 in Japanese at lower left. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent. 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...
Treasures of Old Times
$350.00 Original painting of Ukita Ikkei (1795-1859), a significant figure in the revival of yamato-e painting, a revered Japanese form of court painting.
He was also the master of waka poems and calligraphy.
Ukita Ikkei was captured and imprisoned in Ansei Purge and died shortly after he was released from prison when he was 65 years old. The artist's signature and red stamp seal are on the lower right...
Golden Age Antiques
Sold This is an extremely fine Japanese Cloisonne vase with gold wire decorations.It measures just 3 1/2 inches tall so it is much finer and more exquisite in person. It is not signed. The fine workmanship on this piece was most likely done by Hayashi Kodenji as only an elite few could have ever created such a piece. The enamel colors and character of the bird also match Hayashi's work. Condition is excellent.
Golden Age Antiques
$495.00 This is an exquisite satsuma cup and saucer set. The work is very finely detailed and difficult to pick up with the camera. Saucer is 4 1/4 inches across. Cup is 3 3/4 inches across at the handle. Both pieces in nearly mint condition and both are signed Matsumoto Hozan.
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Sold UMO 'Unidentified Metal Object', like a natural form of abstract wild tree/gnarl okimono but made of heavy metal as unidentified unmagnetic material..., once displayed at tokonoma alcove of an old house in Ishikawa, Hokuriku region in Showa period, 20th century, 21 x 19 x 18 cm (8.26 x 7.48 x 7.08in). selected by hotoke * Please understand that EMS shipping fee is additionally charged, and also confirm our Sales...
The Kura
Sold, thank you! An incredible carved bamboo vase of warriors making their way through forested crags whipped by roiling mist cut from a single piece of bamboo and signed on the base Omikuni Sakata Shiori Yamaguchi Moritsugu Saku :Made by Yamaguchi Moritsugu of Shiori, Sakata, Omi Province (Modern day Maibara Shiga Prefecture on the North-Eastern shore of Lake Biwa). It is 35.5 cm (14 inches) tall and in overall excellent condition, enclosed in an old wooden box...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, Thank you! A masterpiece by Otani Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Hai-Kaburi Tsubo (Ash blanketed Jar). Breathtaking, it appears straight from the inferno. With so much going on, the thick textured embers almost purple in color, encrustations covering the surface with a blast of molten ocher glaze on one side rivulets of color dripping down. It would wow the crowds in any museum exhibition and is the best piece I have ever owned by this legendary potter...
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Sold UNIDENTIFIED MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL Unprocessed Japanese natural gnarl like a dog or dinosaur or UMA. Staring at you with sharp eye. Not stand on its own...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$6,800.00 A truly one of a kind sculpture of three stacking pottery objects in oxidized color by rising star Hashimoto Tomonari. The only work like this the artist has yet produced, it is 82 cm (32 inches) tall and all in excellent condition, directly from the artist this year. We have many photos of the individual pieces from all angles if you would like to see them. Please inquire...
Momoyama Gallery
sold We continue our presentation of Ohi chawan (Ohi tea bowls) with yet another sublime vessel, a true eye-catcher made at the end of the Meiji Period around 1910. It's a unique Ohi Chawan which seems to be a kuro Raku bowl, but it isn't. With its sophisticated shape and its mesmerizing play of predator pattern inside its outstanding. Ohi ware is indeed closely related to Raku; the first Ohi potter was the son of Raku III, Donyu, and apprenticed to the fourth Raku master, Ichinyu...
Asian Art By Kyoko
SOLD Thank you! Unique old Japanese yogi (kimono-shaped futon bed cover) from Kaga, a weeping willow tree with a butterfly family crest, 57" x 72", Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Kaga, located in today's Kanazawa prefecture area, was known as "Kaga One-million Koku", the wealthiest domain next to the Tokugawa Shogun family during the Edo period (1603-1868). Each domain was assessed its wealth measured by "koku." Most samurai received stipends in koku... |