Japanese Makie Wood Lacquer Box Kogo by Otomaru Kodo (1898-1997), Showa Period National Treasure 人間国宝 音丸耕堂

It is 1.2 inches (3.1 cm) tall by 2.05 inches (5.2 cm) wide. It is 55.1 gram.

It has a flea bite chips at the inner rims and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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COCOON BAG

Bag made of washi Japanese paper used to contain silkworm cocoon balls so-called Mayubukuro, Showa period, 1940s, Japan, approx. 145 x 80cm (57.08 x 31.49in)


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Japanese small format surimono woodblock print by French artist Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960) titled "Chagrins d'Amour. Kusaie, Est Carolines" (Sorrows of Love. Kusaie, East Carolines) published October 26, 1940. The full size image is illustrated on page 60 (plate 70) of “The Prints of Paul Jacoulet” by Richard Miles, 1982 and is described on page 105. Paper size: 5 7/8" x nearly 4 1/8" (image size: 5 9/16” x 3 3/4"). Very good overall condition...

Man's silk juban (under kimono) with shibori design whose motif is shogi-no-koma (pieces of Japanese chess) with Chinese characters. It also has hand-painting with gold. In excellent condition. The first half of the 20th century. W:134cm L:131cm

THREE BLUE EMPTY BOTTLES

Aesthetic glass texture with impurities. Unintentional, distorted, and incomplete, as it is. Showa period, early-mid 20th century, Japan. approx. 16.3 x 6.8 x 4.5cm (6.41 x 2.67 x 1.77in). In such natural condition as is, with coincidental dents due to uneven old manufacturing process in which look like cracks...

Japanese woodblock print entitled "Kanetsuke Hall Bell Tower, Okayama" by the artist Kawase Hasui. The bell tower stands high above the other rooftops as the rain falls on the street below. I figure with an umbrella can be seen in the distance walking with an umbrella. The wet street reflects the latticework of a window. With black 6mm seal. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Produced during the lifetime of the artist...

Japanese woodblock print entitled "Moon at Umagome" by the artist Kawase Hasui. From the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo". Tall pine trees frame a full moon through the mist. A farm house with thatched roof shines light from a single window. Rows of crops are illuminated blue in the night. With black 6mm seal. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Produced during the lifetime of the artist.

Age: 1944-1957

Dimensions: Paper size: 15 1/4" high x 10 1/8" wide

Japanese woodblock print entitled "Moon Over Kiyosume Garden" by the artist Kawase Hasui. Muted tones depict a tranquil lake. A yukimi-dōrō (stone lantern) stands on the edge of the water near a stand of dwarf pines. With black 6mm seal. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Produced during the lifetime of the artist.

Age: 1944-1957

Dimensions: Paper size: 15 1/4" high x 10 1/4" wide

Japanese woodblock print entitled "Moonlit Night at Miyajima" by the artist Kawase Hasui. The Miyajima Torii Gate sands in the still water. A row of stone lanterns shine their light from the water's edge. Tall pines bend over the quiet beach. From across the lake, more lights can be seen. With black 6mm seal. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Produced during the lifetime of the artist.

Age: 1944-1957

Dimensions: Paper size: 15 1/8" high x 10 1/4" wide

Baby's cotton kimono with Sekka-shibori, one kind of board-clamp dye. It has cotton lining. Handsewn but the belt is sewn by machine. Generally in good condition but some light stains in the cotton white lining and upper front. The first half of the 20th century. 59cm x 47cm

Gold and silver steel cigarette case. Work in the style of Komei. The landscape decorations are in gold and silver relief. Examination with a magnifying glass does not show us the typical scratches of a damascene work (nunome zogan). The borders are worked with floral motifs in slight relief, the hollows being filled with black lacquer. two golden metal chains to hold the cigarettes. These two chains are extendable by a clever spring system hidden in each link...

Kawase Hasui
Mt. Fuji Seen From Oshino (Oshino no Fuji)
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.625 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1942. First edition.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Publisher's "G seal" in right margin (used 1942-45).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Reference: Hotei #465.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Paul Jacoulet
The Wandering Buddhist Priest, Korea (Le Bonze Errant, Corée)
Date: 1948.
Edition 165/350. (Fewer than 50 impressions from this edition were produced.)
Print size: Approximately 18.5 x 14.375 inches.
Publisher: Self-published by the artist.
Carver: Maeda. Printer: Honda.
Signed, and sealed with the "peach" seal. PJ watermark.
Reference: No...

Girl's meisen kimnono with asanoha (hemp leaf) pattern, whose warps and wefts are stencil-resist dye. It has tucked seams in the shoulder and the body, however it has originally general size of the woman's kimono. In good condition. Mid 20th century. 114cm x 113cm

Round tea bowl of more or less circular shape on a bamboo node foot. Fine cream-colored stoneware with decoration in the form of an abstracted character in slightly raised slip relief on opposite sides of the bowl. The bowl is covered in a light gray glaze on the inside, the outside is covered in a bright copper red glaze, turned brown along the foot.

No potter’s mark, but the bowl has strong resemblances to works by Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966)...

ONE-GLASS-EYED FISH

Wooden adjustable fish-shaped lock part ('yokogi') of pothook for traditional Japanese hearth. Early-mid 20th century. approx. 29 x 12 x 7cm (11.41 x 4.72 x 2.75in)...

Very rare carving of the Three Wise Monkeys, sanzaru in Japanese, sitting on two logs. The one who hears no evil (kikazaru) and the one who speaks no evil (iwazaru) are sitting together. A little separated from them sits the one that sees no evil (mizaru). Carved in facet-cut (abstracted style) in soft cedar wood (sugi).

Signature in the bottom: Masahide.

Japan, first half of to mid-20th century.

H 3.25 x W 8.75 x D 2.1 in.

Short splinter on the base, otherwise very ...

SETTING

Old Japanese tool for setting a saw, Showa period, early-mid 20th century, 22 x 47 x 5cm (8.66 x 18.50 x 1.96in). The condition is as is as seen.


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