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Zentner Collection
SOLD Unusual Japanese single section kannon biraki tansu. This safe chest holds an open top shelf and 2 drawers behind the front hinged locking doors.
Edo period (1603-1868) Dimensions: 27.5" x 14" x 13.5" H
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese kannon biraki tansu of an unusual small size, made of Kiri (paulownia) wood. The front of the chest is covered in ornate iron hardware with studs. The central lock is a motif of Kiri leaves with two door pulls. The doors open to a shelved interior space with two exterior drawers below. All original condition.
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) Size: 22.5" L x 15.25" D x 19"H
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$400.00 A beautiful small flat serving dish on raised turned foot by Murakoshi Takuma the pebble studded clay covered in emerald green ash glaze and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hai-yu Hira-maru Ita-zara. It is 18 cm (7-1/4 inches) diameter, and stands 4.5 cm (just less than 2 inches) tall. Perfect for cheeses fruits or other shared snacks.
Murakoshi Takuma is one of those enigmas who simply lives to work with clay...
Japanese Art Site
SOLD Antique Japanese Ikebana flower arranging basket made of bamboo with an
unusual sculptural image. It features large pieces of bamboo joined together
to create the container, with a wonderful handle. 19.5 (50 cm) tall. Excellent Condition. From a prominent and widely exhibited collection.
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, Thank you! An interesting Tanzaku Shaped slab of colorful clay mounted onto aluminum hanging hardware by Mihara Ken enclosed in a signed box (carboard) dating from 1996 titled Ritsu. It is 7 x 6 x 36 cm (3 x 2-1/2 x 14 inches) and is in fine condition. A Tanzaku is a pillar shaped paper card upon which is traditionally written poetry.
Mihara Ken was born in Shimane prefecture in 1958, and apprenticed under Funaki Kenji at the age of 23...
Zentner Collection
$7,000.00 Very unusual antique Japanese matching pair of black lacquer gyosho bako (peddler's boxes). Each has a full height door with eight hand forged brass hinges in stunning original patina. One box opens to a large compartment. The other opens to a series of 5 drawers of different sizes. Each box has a square hole for a carrying pole.
This piece would have been used to carry and store a merchants livelihood. Selling objects or services carried out by the tools store inside...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, with thanks! A unique Yin and Yang vase splashed with two moons, one dark, one light, by Hamada Shoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Yakishime Kakiwake Henko. The Ma or use of blank space (here the Yakishime raw clay) is quite unusual for this Mashiko potter. Kakiwake refers to the application of two glazes separated. The vessel is 23 cm (9 inches) tall and in excellent condition...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, Thank you! A most extraordinary glaze like green velvet covers this tall bottle form vase by modern Japanese pottery master Imai Masayuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating circa 1970. The long tapering from is expertly rolled at the mouth, the soft absorbent textured glaze lying perfectly smooth over all. The hada, or feeling of the surface is unlike any I have ever seen, and a drop of water is instantly absorbed by the porous surface...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950
item #1429906
(stock #Urushubar019)
Era Woodblock Prints
$225 Urushibara Mokuchu (Yoshijiro) (1888-1953)
Horse (Facing Upward) Date: ca. 1940s. Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 10.75 inches. Signed "Y. Urushibara" in pencil. Sealed "Mokuchu". Round watermark at top margin. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent. Removed from original folder.
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$250.00 USA Vintage Japanese oil painting on canvas, landscape of Usa in Oita prefecture, by Midorikawa Kotaro (1904-1983) as a modern Japanese painter during Taisho-Showa period. Showa 35 (1960)...
Japanese Art Site
$2000.00 19th Century Japanese Musha Ningyô of Ushiwakamaru, the boy who would grow up to become the great 12th Century warrior, Minamoto no Yoshitsune. This wonderful Boys Day Ningyo is the
rarest of all the Boys Day figures. He is a fine example of Meiji Period Ningyo
making. He wears gorgeous brocades and has a very expressive face. He is never
seen wearing a helmet, in order to show his fantastic hairstyle. 12.25 x 16.5 inches, 31 x 42 cm. Excellent Condition.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900
item #1408899
(stock #Fusatane001)
Era Woodblock Prints
$382.50 Utagawa Fusatane
An evening scene from the Snow, Moon, Flower series Date: ca. 1850s-60s. Size: 11.75 x 9.5 inches. Signed and sealed by the artist. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Two punch holes from original folio. Thinned area from wormhole at upper left.
Hawkes, Asian Art
£120.00 The right-hand sheet from the Yokohama-e triptych by Utagawa Hiroshige III (1843–1894) titled Yokohama Kagandori no fûkei, ‘Foreign Ships at the Seafront in Yokohama’. Signed Oju Hiroshige hitsu. Published 5th month, 1870.
He was a pupil of Andō Hiroshige. A striking and decorative depiction of an European trading ship, ‘Black ship’, Approximately 34.5cm x 23cm. Laid onto thick paper. A few stitching holes on right edge...
Momoyama Gallery
$350.00 Nishiki-e. Oban, tate-e (ca. 24,4 x 35,2 cm). Mi Brigade, Third Group, Fudanotsuji-ura: Actor Arashi Rikan III as Kaga no Chiyo, from the series Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous Places (Edo no hana meishô-e) Japanese, Edo period, 1864 (Bunkyû /Genji 1), 2nd month Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), Japanese, 1786–1864...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1837 VR
item #1480828
(stock #Utamaro006)
Era Woodblock Prints
$810 Kitagawa Utamaro (1750s-1806)
The right panel of the triptych, Twelve Courtesans of the Ogiya (Brothel) on Display Date: 1806, 6th month. Size: Visible image: 15 x 10 inches. Board size: 16 x 11.75 inches. Publisher: Omiya Gonkuro Signed: Utamaro hitsu. Censor's seal: Kiwame Catalog references: Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #316.1-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 12 (1980), pls...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1837 VR
item #1480798
(stock #Kuniyasu001)
Era Woodblock Prints
$247.50 Utagawa Kuniyasu
The actor Bando Mitsugoro Date: ca 1820 Size: Oban: 15.5 x 10.5 inches. Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (1813-1832) Censor: Kiwame (seal 1790-1832) Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Margin edge notch. Tape at top back edge. Two wormholes (see photo #4). Note: This is the only example of this design that we could locate.
Momoyama Gallery
$450.00 Utsushi Aka-raku tea bowl called 'Seppo' (snow on the mountain peak) made by great contemporary artist Shoraku Sasaki. It comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box. This Seppo Bowl is a replica of the famous tea bowl made by Honami Koetsu (see last picture), who was one of the most famous artists during the Edo period (1600's). He was known as the 'Da Vinci' of Japan...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, Thank you! A large vase by Living National Treasure Shimizu Uichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tenmoku-yu Kabin inside a black lacquered wooden niju-bako box. It is 14-1/2 inches (37 cm) tall, 8 inches (20 cm) diameter and in fine condition.
Shimizu Uichi (1926-2004) was born in Kyoto the son of a ceramic dealer. Discarding the family business he apprenticed in plastic arts under Ishiguro Munemaro. His work retains some principal elements of his teachers style while incorporati... |
