Hiroshige Ando
A Fairy Moon and a Lonely Shore (aka. Suma Beach)
Size: Approximately 7.125 x 4.75 inches. 18 x 12 cm.
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 39).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Slight wave in paper where original publisher's tag is attached to the back.
The Matsumoto catalog states, "The men carrying pails...are dipping water from the sea to make table-salt (Shio-kumi)."

COZY AND SUBTLE SUTRA DESK

Japanese lacquered wooden 'Kyozukue' (lit, 'Sutra Desk') of simple and delicate make, Edo period, 19th century, approx. 46.8 x 16.5 x H 21.2cm (18.42 x 6.49 x 8.34in). Such refined and skilful lacquering by an artisan of the period as well. Appliable to display or flower stand besides. In aged condition as is, with expected cracks, lacquer-peelings, and worm holes. Very slightly unstable...

A fine example of Edo period Kano painting, this generously proportioned hanging scroll illustrates a late autumn scene from the Japanese countryside over 300 years ago. The poem on the scroll reads:

Solitary, with the color, of nothingness
A close to autumn, on a ring of mountaintops

The painter, Minenobu Kano (1662 - 1708), was greatly admired by the Ienobu Tokugawa shogunate who eventually promoted him to the position of inner-court artist...

Hiroshige Ando
Seven Song-birds (aka. Gourds and Japanese White-eye)
Size: Approximately 7.5 x 5.25 inches. 19.4 x 13.2 cm.
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 26).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Wave in paper where original publisher's tag is attached to the back.
The Matsumoto catalog note, "Seven mejiro (known as Japanese silver-eye) perching on a melon-vine."

Jizo Bosatsu head fragment sculpted from a solid piece of wood, with black-soot patination overall. Heian Period ca. 1100. Minor old professional repairs.

Overall height, including custom-made wooden base: 38 cm
Height of head only: 18 cm
Width: 12 cm
Depth: 16 cm

An extraordinary piece with serious age.

A pair of red lacquered sake cups with chrysanthemum and pampas grass (respectively) on ornate stands decorated with golden landscapes enclosed in the original compartmentalized wooden box titled Sansui Maki-e Hai-ki ittsui (One Set of Sake Stands with Lacquer Landscapes). They are 4-1/4 inches (11 cm) square at the feet, and in excellent condition dating from the early 20th century.

YAYOI EARTHENWARE

Incomplete remains of 'takatsuki' (standing tray) unearthed from Yahagi river, Tokai region in Japan, dated back to Yayoi period (c.300BCE-300CE). approx. D 96 x H 87mm (3.77 x 3.42in)...

A beautiful Suzuri bako decorated with silver tinged Shino ferns in maki-e on a ground of graduated nashiji. Glimmering mother of pearl calligraphic characters are inlayed inside the box lid. A lacquered wooden tray fit inside the box contains the gold lacquered ink stone and a silver butterfly water-dropper with wing designs in shibuichi. The box is It is 21 x 13.5 x 4.5 cm (8-1/4 x 5-1/2 x 2 inches) and comes enclosed in an old wooden collectors box...

Japanese scrolled vertical Buddhist ink and color on silk painting with gilt highlights of Guanyin seated cross-legged on a raised lotus throne set against a dark background. Cropped from scroll mounting and framed with glass. 20th century. Image: 31 3/4” x 14 1/2" (frame: 20 1/2” x 40”). From the estate of a Tucson, Arizona physician.

Arai Yoshimune
Pine Beach By Moonlight
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series.
Date: 1910s.
An early edition removed from its original matted presentation folder. Size: Chuban. Approximately 9.875 x 7.0 inches.
Publisher: Hasegawa
Condition: Faint matte line from original folder.
- A rarely encountered night scene design.

A small and complicate Japanese ivory okimono depicting the Tadamori legend. The incredible miniaturization of the hands, the feet, the hat with the ropes, moved and pulled clothes, the suffering faces, the musculature, the oil coming out of the pitcher and the long katana, leave us stunned. Engraved signature under the oil container. Incredible mint condition despite its complicated carving with many thin and delicate details. The oil thief, the story of a mysterious monster...

A Japanese unusual polychrome ivory netsuke of an oni that polishes a giant jug. Gyokuzan engraved signature under the base next to the himotoshi. Meiji Period late 19th century Sizes: 3,5 x 3,5 x 1,5 cm. Condition report: Good condition

A Japanese ivory netsuke of a group of six ginkgo nuts with cicada. Edo Period mid 19th century Sizes: 3,5 x 3,5 x 2 cm. Condition report: Good condition

A Japanese Satsuma koro with scenes of everyday life and landscapes within reserves surrounded by perforated lobes panels on the central body and on the lid. Impressed mark and gilted signature, with original Kinkozan Sobei label, other original labels. Meiji period late 19th century Sizes: 7 x 9 x 9 cm. Condition report: Good condition

Gold willows drape over the highly unusual silver-tinged blue lacquer surface of this water container by Tonami Sosai II enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Uwajima Nuri Seigin Yanagi Te-oke Mizusashi (Silver Blue Uwajima Lacquer, Willow, Bucket Shaped Mizusashi). The outside is a shimmering blue tinged with silver, while inside is black covered in powdered silver flake. A striking combination...

REVERSIBLE PORTRAIT

Uniquely and mysteriously different age and style of two types of portraits on one wooden board, with the one oil painting on the wooden surface and another oil painting on the canvas texture pasted on the backside surface. Taisho and Showa period, 20th century, Japan. approx. 33 x 24cm (12.99 x 9.44in). Some rips and holes due to aging as is as seen...

TWO KITTIES BEFORE PAINTED

Vintage Japanese white porcelain cat okimono with unglazed and smooth matted texture, in very rare condition of before painting process, Showa period, mid 20th century. approx. 15 x 13 x H 8.5cm (5.90 x 5.11 x 3.34in), 13 x 15 x H 10cm (5.11 x 5.90 x 3.93in)...

★　There is new information. !!! Express will arrive by Express in 5-8 days. This is a Japanese antique rag handspun & natural indigo dye soft hemp Mosquito nets boro fabric. This color is first dyed with indigo, then with a yellow dye such as "Kariyasu" or "Turmeric" to make it green...