NAMU AMIDA BUTSU IN SWORD STYLE

Japanese Buddhist hanging scroll mounted with woodblock-printed paper talisman so-called 'Riken Myogo' ("Namu Amida Butsu" in sword style) as a chanting of homage to Amida Buddha written in sharp‐pointed font like the sword that protect from evil spirit. Showa period, 20th century. Mounting: 26.5 x 127.2 cm (10.43 x 50.07in)...

VOTIVE PHALLUS

Quite a simple and rustic Japanese wood carving phallus in the form of ultimate, once offered for pregnancy and smooth delivery, 19th - early 20th century, L 20.1 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm (7.91 x 1.41 x 1.41in)...

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).


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LANDSCAPE 1914

Antique Japanese oil painting on canvas, by an anonymous painter named 'N. Omure', 1914, with some aged vertical flaws just like being the parts of its landscape itself. 45.5 x 38 x 2 cm (17.91 x 14.96 x 0.78in)...

LEGS STANDING ON ROCK

Inscrutable Japanese metal okimono object as 'iwaza' (stone-like socle used as the base for a Buddhist statue) attaching just legs part, Showa period, 20th century, H 7 x 15.5 x 9.5 cm (2.75 x 6.10 x 3.74in). Metal material but magnet don't attract. Aged deterioration as is, with some scratches and flaws as generally. (*The white ceramic doll is not attached with this item...

LARGE GOLD BECKONING CAT

Large type retro ceramic ‘Maneki-neko’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki-neko) coin bank, 1980s, Japan, approx. H 40 x W 24 x D 20 cm (15.74 x 9.44 x 7.87in)...

Outside cloth of yogi which is one kind of futon in the shape of kimono, made of hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye. It has tsutsugaki (glue-resist dyeing) "takara-zukushi" (various treasures) design. In good condition as a whole but has three mending patches in front and a few stains. Meiji period (1868~1912) W:148cm, L:129cm

LOVE LETTER FROM PROSTITUTE

One of old hand props for the performers of Nihon Buyo (Classical Japanese dance) or Kabuki actors called 'Tenbeni' (lit. 'Upper red'), originated from the customs of 'Yujo (Japanese prostitute) who draw the line with own lipstick on the upper part of love letter to the customers, as a rare type with just wave lines. Showa period, 20th century, Japan. 228 x 20 cm (89.76 x 7.87in)...

SEVEN GYOTAKU 1938

Gyotaku (Fish rubbing) as a traditional art form of Japanese fishermen, originated to be started by samurai warrior in the Edo period, 19th century and believed to have such the common discipline and spirituality of Bushido (Samurai’s chivalry). Here is rare old seven pieces set of gyotaku on washi Japanese papers, with the original signs of date as Showa 13 (1938). Some expected damage due to age as seen...

A bag handmade of bast fiber from Shina tree (Japanese linden), which is very fine inner fiber of the tree. It is used for collected nuts, berries, or tools. From Hokkaido Ainu. 20th century. In excellent condition. W:40cm, L:34cm

JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLL

Unique hanging scroll arranged with some waste papers used for calligraphy practice pasted together, Meiji period, Japan, 44 x 235 cm (17.32 x 92.51in)


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JIZO EMA

Votive Japanese folk art piece of worshipper’s wooden tablet offered for the shrine, so-called ‘Ema’ (lit...

DOLL MOLD

Wood carving mold on both sides, pre-1950, Japan, 13 x 8 x 2 cm (5.11 x 3.14 x 0.78in)


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A well potted Kuro Raku Chawan Black Raku Tea Bowl. The bowl is hand shaped, covered in black glaze with a few small areas in which the cream colour clay shows through. It rest very well in the hands! Raku mark impressed to the bottom. H 8 x 12 cm. Perfect condition.

JOMON STONE GLANS

Tip part of ancient Japanese ritual phallic object called 'Sekibo' (lit. 'Stone stick') dated back to the Jomon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE), excavated from the Jomon site in Takayama, Gifu area, attached with wooden stand with plaster inside of hole for stabilising. Total with stand: H 7.3 cm (2.87in), Sekibo itself: H 5 x 4.5 x 5 cm (1.96 x 1.77 x 1.96in)...

A small ceramic bowl in terracotta raw clay by rising star Yamaguchi Mio enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Cocoon. This style of built up layers of petals are her signature work, and are based on the progressive growth in layers or rings observable in the natural world. It is 14 cm diameter, 7.5 cm tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist...

BLACK BUDDHA

Edo-period's wood carving Buddhist statue with such a rare serious face hardly seen, in aesthetically well-sooted and blackened mature condition by the smoke from fireplace (sunken hearth) for many years, coming from an old house in Tohoku region, Japan, Total: H 29.3 cm (11.53in)


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MAN

Charcoal drawing on paper, by a Japanese painter, Jun Ito, 2023. 37.5 x 53.7 cm (14.76 x 21.14in). Pin holes at upper corners.


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