Artist: Eiichi Kotozuka [seal] Title: Rice Planting in Early Summer Date: 1950 Size: Oban, approximately 17.75 x 11.5 inches Publisher: Uchida [seal, copyright seal and watermark]... Click for details
This handsome Japanese Kutani porcelain vase in waisted cylindrical form was created by Living National Treasure Tokuda Yasokichi III (b. 1933). This vase is a marvelous example of Tokuda’s mastery of the “saiyu” technique of color gradation wherein the translucent Kutani glazes blend and overlap in a brilliant display of colors. The teal blue glaze on the long thin neck continues over the top of the shoulder where it fades into shimmering bands of light green and culminates in a rich aubergine ... Click for details
Veteran Mino potter Kato Kenji's (1933-2008) specialty was his "toruko-ao" or Turkish Blue glaze and glossy 'citrus skin' black iron glazed works. After graduating from the Kyoto University of Fine Art, Kato apprenticed under Kyoto legend and Living National Treasure Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963). After this apprenticeship, Kato embarked on an internationally successful career, including membership in I.A.C. This bulbous jar reflects all light and the form is what attracted me first, along with ... Click for details
Hanging scroll with a very fine painting of a female severed head by Tomioka Eisen. The very realistic face is rendered in blue and green hues, giving it a very real impression of death. The mouth is twisted into a grimace showing the immaculate teeth, blood stains on the temple. Black ink and color on silk. Signed: Mosai … Seal: Eisen. Japan, Meiji period, around 1900. Red lacquered wooden scroll ends
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Wooden folk art carving of a giant penis. Strapped around it are red and white twisted cotton cords (imenawash) with paper strips (gohei). Japan, 20th century.
H 24.5 inches (62.2 cm).
Excellent condition.
The piece may have stood in a fertility shrine or may ... Click for details
An unusual pottery figure of a seated merrily smiling Gama Sennin. His always present companion, the toad, rests on his right shoulder and he holds a round ball like object in his left hand. The robes are done in a shiny glaze medium dark green color – as is a patch on the toad - the rest of the piece is not glazed. The figure measures 5 ¼” wide by 6 ¼” high by 3” deep and is in excellent condition. There is an impressed signature on the base which we have not yet had translated. We date it from... Click for details
This stunning sesame-seed yellow tokoname vase is a unique creation, and frankly the only one of its kind I've found on the market. The motif encompasses 2 writhing dragons emerging in and out from the misty clouds, until they emerge to embrace the vase, forming the exquisite handles. Each dragon is meticulously hand-sculpted in exacting detail. Varying bands of impressed designs are found within the inner lip, as well as around the mouth rim, shoulder, stem, and foot rim, for a total of 5 co... Click for details
A pair of sun and moon Kyo-Kano School paintings dating to the turn of the century (circa 1900). Spectacular use of ink and gold washes have created a heightened sense of drama and unpredictability surrounding the rising moon whilst the crimson sun burns steadily through the morning haze. The sun represents the seasons of spring and summer, the moon autumn and winter. Also a symbol of the male principal of Yang, the sun is traditionally balanced by the moon which represents the female principal ... Click for details
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 area, was known as "Kaga One-million Koku", the wealthiest domain next to the Tokugawa Shogun family during the Edo period (1603-1868). Most samurai received stipends in koku. One koku was equal to the estimated amount of rice to feed one person for a year. Each domain was assessed its wealth measure... Click for details
