Pr. Japanese Kutani Porcelain Scroll Weight, Fuchin, hangs on the both end of bottom bar of the scroll when hang on the wall, 9" high maximum height, 1 1/2" high and 1 1/2" wide for Kutani Porcelain weights only with Japanese Landscape and Floral design inside Hexagonal shape panels, dark reddish brown color, the condition is good.

Arai-hari meisen cloth for one kimono. Arai-hari means a kimono is unsewn, washed and dried on the board, which is a traditional way of cleaning kimono. In excellent condition except for minor spots in one part (10th image). It is strong enough so that good for remaking. Two pieces for the body part, each one has different width in the middle, shoulder part (11th image). W:35cm and 23cm x 3m24cm Two okumi (front panel) cloth. W:17.5cm x 2m16cm Two sleeve cloth, sewn in one cloth...

Four(4) Japanese Mugs, Cups, with Handle, 3 3/4" high, 4" diameter-top rim, all different colors, they are all in good condition.

Six(6) Japanese Ceramic Tea Cups, various shape and design, 3 1/2" high, they are all in good condition.

Two(2) Japanese Porcelain Tea Cups, 3 3/4" high, 3" diameter-top rim, the condition is good.

Arai Yoshimune
Fishing Boat
Date: 1910s.
This edition late 1950s or later.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 11.5 x 8.25 inches.
Artist's seal at left.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. Seal at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Top margin has faint yellowish spot.

Two(2) Japanese Pottery Tea Cups, raised design on heavy Pottery, 4" high, 2 3/4" diameter-top rim, the condition is good.

Japanese Pottery Tea Cup, raised decoration, 4" high, in good condition.

Japanese Pottery Tea Cup, square top and round bottom, 3 1/2" high, the condition is good.

Japanese Brown Pottery Tea Cup with Cover, 3 1/2" high, the condition is good.

Two(2) Japanese Porcelain, Pottery Tea Cups, Fish and Character written decoration, 3 1/2" to 3 3/4" high, with raised and indented design , the condition is good.

Five(5) Japanese Pottery Sake Cups, 2 3/4" high, 2" diameter-top rim, Bamboo Brush painted on different colors of background. The condition is good.

Three(3) Japanese Pottery Sake Cups, 2 5/8" high, 2 3/4" diameter-top rim, the condition is good.

Four volumes of sample books of mingei textiles which are all natural dye and handwoven from Aomori to Kagoshima prefecture. Some are designated as intangible national assets, however some haven't been woven anymore now, and some are reproduced. They include precious bast fibers such as fuji-fu (wisteria), shina-fu, kuzu-fu and so on. They also have natural dye textiles such as shikon-zome, akane-zome, indigo dye Arimatsu Narumi shibori, tsumugi and so on...

Japanese antique natural indigo dyed hand-spun Jōfu Hemp or Ramie long roll fabric. It is a precious piece of cloth. It is a traditional Japanese Basho leaf design. There is no dirt. There are many small repair marks. There are several small holes. But the fabric is good. Two pieces are sewn together. Size: Length: 4m 54cm (178.7) Width: 34cm (13.38 inches)

Oliver Impey illustrates a coffee pot of the same form and design in ‘Japanese Export Porcelain, the catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.’

Made for the European market during the last quarter of the 17th century and probably copied from a Dutch metal version. These coffee pots have a purpose-made opening in the lower body but taps seem to have been fitted upon arrival in Europe...

A set of five Japanese porcelain bowls of tapering square form, the corners with shallow concave chamfers, decorated with alternating panels of flowers and Ho-0 birds.

Each base has a ‘Fuki Choshun’ four-character mark in underglaze blue.

Two similar bowls are illustrated in the Catalogue of the Shibata Collection, #2673 and #2674. Dated to 1690~1730.

Approximately 9.5 cm square at the mouth and 6.8 cm high...

The decoration of flowers on this khendi has been reduced to the absolute minimum possibly denoting its destination as South East Asia where early exports from Arita were made.

Approximately 20cm high. Weight: 1.30 kg...