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Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1910
item #1437092
(stock #Ohara255)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Ohara Koson
Two songbirds on a cherry tree Size: Approximately 17 x 12 cm. 6.625 x 4.625 inches. Date: ca. 1910. Koson signature and seal at right. Publisher: Matsumoto (no. 435). Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: A few foxing spots. Slight wave in paper around original publisher's label at back. An early and rarely seen design not found in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Momoyama Gallery
sold Perfectly shaped Ko-Seto Chawan dating back to the mid Edo Period (1603-1868). The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical white, feldspatic Shino type glaze...
Welcome To Another Century
$300.00 A sitting lady in Heian era court dress and hair, clutching a giant golden matsudake mushroom. She wears a bright red hakama and light blue kimono. The shape of the mushroom has a close resemblance to a penis and the sculpture definitely has an erotic meaning.
Hand modeled, soft hollow earthenware, painted in cold-applied colors and gold. Japan, 1960s or earlier. H 5 in. Colors somewhat smudged and chafed; frittings at the bottom edge...
Zentner Collection
SOLD An antique Japanese Choba Tansu (merchant chest) in a rare two section design made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware with full moon style locking plates and Warabite handles. Two sliding doors open to a storage area where merchant books and business records were kept. Recessed side handles on the tops of each section.
Merchant chests provided two important key elements for the store owner...
Zentner Collection
SOLD An antique Japanese Kyoto Mizuya Tansu (kitchen chest) in 2 sections made of Keyaki (Zelkova), Hinoki (Cypress), Kaki (Persimmon) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original bronze hardware with burled Keyaki door panels and drawer fronts. Unique and natural thunder bolt-like grain pattern on the Hinoki wood frame. Side horizontal supports add strength and aesthetic beauty to the tansu...
Zentner Collection
$8,500.00 A rare an high quality Japanese Matsumoto Choba Tansu (merchant chest from the Matsumoto region of Japan) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware with full moon style lock plates and Warabite handles. Recessed side handles lift open to accommodate a wood pole through each handle allowing two persons to carry the tansu from place to place...
Zentner Collection
SOLD An antique Japanese Ko Tansu (personal storage chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware with auspicious Paulownia leaf lock plates and Warabite handles. The original finish was done in a wiped Urushi lacquer technique for both the drawer fronts and the tansu body.
It was used in a wealthy Japanese home to store personal effects, ephemera, writing tools, and other miscellaneous sundries...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1910
item #1436772
(stock #Ohara253)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Ohara Koson
Three small birds on a twig of a red maple Size: Approximately 17.5 x 12.5 cm. 6.75 x 4.875 inches. Date: ca. 1910. Koson signature and seal at lower left. Publisher: Matsumoto (no. 440). Reference: AK.18 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent. Slight wave in paper around original publisher's label at back. An early and rarely seen design.
The Kura
sold, with thanks! Two silk Fukusa wrapping cloths designed and or hand painted by Kamisaka Sekka enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating from the Taisho period. The first is an emboridered wrapping cloth with patterns of flowers and grasses designed by Sekka, 13 x 14 inches (33 x 35.5 cm) in excellent condition complete with red cloth obi. For an identical piece see Kamisaka Sekka: Rimpa Master - Pioneer of Modern Design by Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art 2003 p. 103 fig 23...
The Kura
Sold, with thanks! This Toba-e E-maki appears to be a 19th century Gi-ga follower of the later 18th to early 19th century Osaka "Manga-ka" Nichosai (Matsudaira Heisaburo). His humorous images of Hell were quite popular, known as Kakuyu painting. Overall the genre has many names, Gi-ga being all encompassing, Toba-e being descriptive of this particular style, and Kakuyu-fu being the style of Nichosai. It ends with a simple stamp which reads Fish (Gyo/Sakana). It is 11 by 174 inches (28 x 442 cm)...
Conservatoire Sakura
$2,500.00 Silver damask iron box, gold details. Japanese work of the Edo period bearing the coat of arms of the Saka-I clan. I once read that this clan was responsible for security in Edo in the 18th century (to be checked). The essential feature of this box is the finesse of the iron that makes it. The blacksmith managed to hammer a wall as thin as paper. Which is a technical feat requiring a exceptionnal mastery of iron...
Conservatoire Sakura
$3,300.00 Japanese kakiemon dishes late 17 ° circa 1700. Porcelain enamelled with deer. D:18 cm.
In a perfect state.
Very rare set of 8 to the same model.
For sale individually or by several the price is for one.
Haruko Watanabe
Sold. Thank you. Han-gappa (short jacket) made of kuzdu-fu whose wefts are kudzu fiber and warps are cotton. Kudzu is one kind of leguminous plant. The collar is made of imported wool. Han-gappa made of kudzu-fu was worn in summer and other ones with lining was for winter. The design of the straps show it was made after Tenpo era (1830∼1844）in Edo period, according to the "Kinsei Fuzoku-shi" Buttons are made of the horn of the water buffalo...
Welcome To Another Century
$300.00 Okame standing in blue over-kimono with a sweet and cheerful facial expression. Her garment falls open a little, showing a red colored underkimono or liner, indicating her profession. Cradled in her arms is a large matsudake mushroom. The shape of the mushroom has a close resemblance to a penis and the sculpture definitely has an erotic meaning.
Soft hollow cast earthenware or plaster, painted in vibrant cold-applied colors and sprinkled gold flakes. Japan, 1960s or earlier. ...
Conservatoire Sakura
$250.00 Kozuka in sentoku inlaid with silver and gold butterflies. Length 95mm. Edo period.
Palmrose Asian Antiques
$485.00 An antique Japanese Satsuma Jar that measures about 18" tall x 13" in diameter. The jar has the "thousand faces" design, skillfully executed in gold and raised moriage enamels. On one side is Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess, and on the other I believe it is the Immortal, Lu Tung-pin, who has the power to slay dragons and evil. Additionally there are eighteen Rakan, all of which have the same face. Also there is a dragon flying beneath the Kannon. The vase has four large Satuma Mons, and is sig...
Welcome To Another Century
$300.00 A male figure sitting in ceremonial kamishimo dress of a striped hakama (pants) and a golden kataginu (vest) over a red kimono, his head shaped like the top of an erected penis.
Soft molded earthenware, painted in cold-applied colors and gold and silver. Japan, 1960s or earlier. H 4 in. Colors and metal pigments chipping, otherwise good condition. Because of the cold application, the colors are fragile and easily wash away. Rare subject matter
Dragon's Pearl
$3,200.00 A modern, elegant openwork flower basket, Hanakago, by Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000).
*Material: Madake bamboo, rattan, lacquer.
Hexagonal shape at the base. The weaving is made employing bamboo split in extremely thin strips.
*Signed Chikuunsai zō (made by Chikuunsai)
It comes with the original lacquered bamboo water receptacle Otoshi and Tomobako storage box inscribed and signed by the artist. * From the 60’s.
***Tanabe Chikuunsai II ( Ichichikusai ) (1910-2000), was son of Tanabe...
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