Japanese Original Handpainted Fan Tale of Genji

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1900: item #819926
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The size of painted fan: 18 1/2" Long x 8" Long. Pretty Japanese handpainted fan. The Fan is called Mekuri which was originally attached on Ohgi, Japanese fan. The painting done on gold leaf background. The scene from Imperial palace, scene from tale of Genji. Noble man and lady on the upper floor and looking down the iris on the garden, another Samurai looking over the iris as well. It is nicely painted in the Yamatoe style painting. The condition of painting is excellent. No tear on main part ... Click for details

19th Century Japanese Erotic Shunga Book

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1900: item #814193
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A set of ten hand-painted erotic images enclosed in a cloth bound album dating from the late Edo or very early Meiji period.  Each scene is performed in typical Ukiyoe style with pigment on age-greyed paper.  Each page is 6 x 91/2 inches (15 x 24 cm).  There is some staining, toning and marks typical of age.  See photos for more details.  Pillow books such as these were quite common in Japan, and were often given as wedding gifts by relatives to assist the new couple. 

Large Japanese Carp Painting on Silk by Soseki Komori

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1920: item #781614
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A Very Rare & Large Japanese Carp Painting on Silk by Soseki Komori. 1920s.

Assembled size 18 1/2 x 65 ins. (47 x 165.1 cms) Very little is known of Soseki Komori. He designed a series of high quality prints in the 1920s and 30s which have become desirable to collectors. The present item consists of two sliding cupboard doors with a design... Click for details

Japanese Tosa Erotic Painting Edo Period 17/18th. c.

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1700: item #778451
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A Fine & Rare Japanese Erotic Painting Edo Period 17/18th. Century

12 3/8 x 11 5/8 ins. (31.5 x 29.5 cms) This superb painting on paper was originally part of a makimono or horizontal hand scroll. Unfortunately makimono are very vulnerable to damage, especially on the outer sections. Also, unless the scrolls are regularly unrolled the paper... Click for details

Japanese fan painting in shibayama style

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1900: item #761022
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A fine Japanes fan painting from Meiji period. Shibayama style with mother of pearl inlay on bone frame and bamboo. Color painting on paper of both sides of the fan. Signed and seal. 9" tall and 17.75" wide. Some damages on both sides, near the handles. Some inlays are missing. Good impression.

Woman in Red Kimono : signed Marian

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1970: item #747935

This original oil painting on stretched canvas and wooden stretcher bars measures 12 by 16 inches, not including the simple black wooden frame it sits in.

The wooden stretchers are from Grumbacher, a New York Artist's material company.

It most likely dates to t... Click for details

10 Painted Shells for Shell-Matching Game Edo Period

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1900: item #677236
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This series of ten matched clam shell halves, decorated with color and gold pigment, date to the early 19th century. Part of the Japanese shell matching game, each shell is hand painted and decorated with applied gold leaf. Five of the shells are painted in Tosa style -- four contain scenes of noblemen and women in conventional Heian court dress and the fifth contains a court garden scene. These lovely miniature paintings incorporate elements long associated with the Tosa school, such as the He... Click for details

Japanese Hawk Painting signed Tanyu

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1700: item #674851

Japanese framed painting of a hawk on a branch, painted in sumi ink on paper, signed: Tanyu (rank) Hoen when he was 68 years old, (Tanyu (1602-1674) of Kano School). Size: 41 1/2" high x 41 1/2" wide

Old Japanese Nobori Banner, Tiger in Bamboo Grove

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1837 VR: item #661389

Japanese antique nobori banner, hand painted on cotton, a tiger in the bamboo grove. The style of the painting is derived from ancient Korean paintings of tigers. It is a style that became popular in Japan from the 16th century and you will see many screens and scrolls of tigers painted in this manner. The popularity of these paintings in this style continued throughout the Edo period(1608-1868) and into the Meiji era. The quality of the artwork tell us that this nobori is likely to have b... Click for details

Set four Tokonoma Alcove Doors, Maple on Gold, Beinen

Japanese: Paintings: Other Pre 1960: item #601369
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Vibrant red and yellow leaves adorn the branches of a maple harboring a fugitive woodpecker on this set of four gold Tokonoma alcove doors signed Beinen. Each door is bordered in a fine black lacquered frame and has ornate black metal handles. Oya Beinen, 1879-1966. Born in Aichi, he moved to Kyoto and studied under the 19th century master Morikawa Sobun, and then Kubota Beisen, from whom he recieved his name. They are made to fit an alcove opening 11 inches by 84-1/2 inches (28 x 214.5 cm) ... Click for details