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Zentner Collection
$150.00 An antique Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket in a baluster form. A pair of twisting branches form the handle and extend in a swirl pattern around the body. The knots connecting the branches to the body take the shape of stylized cranes and turtles. The body has a criss cross spiral weave.
Age: Circa 1900-1920 Dimensions: 11" Wide by 22" High by 9 3/8" Deep
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$350.00 LILY SHRINE WITH WOMAN'S SECRET CASE Assortment of an wooden 'zushi' (miniture shrine) with woodblock-printed lily pasted on and a small bakelite case used by a postwar 'yujo' (Japanese prostitute) to once put her own body hair into (so no hair now) and give it to her important customers, both coming from the collector who specializes in Japanese red-light district and sexual culture as its provenance...
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$250.00 GOOD MARRIED COUPLE Wooden Japanese Hina dolls (Dolls displayed at the Girl's Festival), Showa period, 20th century, H 8.7 x W 16 x D 11.8 cm (3.42 x 6.29 x 4.64in). Good facial expressions by the good distance between them as not too close and not too far...
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Sold LARGE LETTER SIGNBOARD, WIND Single Japanese Kanji letter as 'Kaze' (Wind) carved out from old single wooden board. 68 x 55 cm (26.77 x 21.65in). Slightly bended. selected by Jinta * Please understand that EMS shipping fee is additionally charged, and also confirm our Sales Policy before purchase, since your order will be assumed to have fully acknowledged our Sales Policy under any circumstances...
Kodo Arts
$450.00 Elegant lacquered wood zen buddhist sutra book reading stand. Perfect for a kitchen recipe book.
60cm tall x 42cm wide x 27cm deep. Great condition. Ask for shipping quote.
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$280.00 CAT Traditional Hanamaki clay doll, early-mid 20th century, Iwate, Japan. H 15.5 x W 13.3 x D 10 cm (6.10 x 5.23 x 3.93in)...
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Sold KARUTA Remains of the 18 old paper picture cards (with no cards to be read) in a game of Japanese card game called 'karuta' (ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuta), early 20th century, Japan, 5.5 x 8 cm (2.16 x 3.14in) each...
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Sold PHALLUS DOLL Traditional Obata folk clay doll from Shiga, Japan. Showa period, 20th century. H 27 x W 10 x D 9 cm (10.62 x 3.93 x 3.54in). selected by hotoke * Please understand that EMS shipping fee is additionally charged, and also confirm our Sales Policy before purchase, since your order will be assumed to have fully acknowledged our Sales Policy under any circumstances. Thank you.
Haruko Watanabe
$120.00 A large basket handmade of bamboo strips. In excellent condition except for a minor break, however no problem for use. 20th century. Diameter:43.5cm, H:17cm
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$400.00 CARP STREAMER 3 Collage work made from big 5 meter-long ‘koinobori’ (carp streamer / ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinobori) made of old‘washi’ (Japanese paper)...
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$200.00 SUCH A BOARD Like a two-sided abstract painting with such unidentified Kanji characters or symbols drawn unintentionally in Indian ink, based on wooden board covered with old used paper coated in ‘kakishibu’ (persimmon tannin). Early 20th century, Japan. 26 x 48 x 1 cm (10.23 x 18.89 x 0.39in)...
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Sold CARP STREAMER 2 Collage work made from ‘koinobori’ (carp streamer / ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinobori) made of old ‘washi’ (Japanese paper)...
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Sold CARP STREAMER 1 Collage work made from ‘koinobori’ (carp streamer / ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinobori) made of old ‘washi’ (Japanese paper)...
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$450.00 IBO Quite a simple and very rare type of 'Mi' (Winnowing basket as a traditional Japanese farm tool) locally called 'Ibo' (or 'Sade mi') in Aizu region of Northern part of Japan made of only wild vine and straw string. Early-mid 20th century. approx. 60 x 48 x 4 cm (23.62 x 18.89 x 1.57in)...
Haruko Watanabe
Sold, Thank you. Amazing boro made of hand-spun and vegetable indigo dye cotton fragments. It used to be the lining of yogi, which is one kind of futon, in the shape of kimono. It is from the Japan Sea side district in Kansai, such as Fukui or Kyoto. It is partly sewn with hemp yarn. Late 19th to early 20th century. W:95cm, L:165cm
Haruko Watanabe
$280.00 Urushi sakazuki (sake cup) made of wood and painted with black urushi. It has hand-painted sculp with red urushi which is for a charm against evil spirits and used in a temple or a shrine. It is from Akita prefecture in Tohoku. Late Edo period (The first half of the 19th century). In good condition. H:3.5cm, Diameter:10.3cm
Haruko Watanabe
Sold, Thank you. Tamba-yaki tokkuri (bottle for sake) with hand-drawn letters of the sake maker. Generally in good condition. Early 20th century. H:22cm, Diameter:11cm
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$250.00 DOROMENKO Primitive Japanese earthen toy for children called 'Doromenko' (lit. 'Mud face') including rare motif like ghost, fox, fish, etc., 19th century, approx. 3-3.5 cm (1.18-1.37in)... |