Like many pottery traditions in Japan, Karatsu takes its name from the city where it originated. As early as the 15th century, Korean potters heavily influenced the development of this art form—helping to endow it with the earthy, simple, and natural qualities it is so appreciated for...

Arai Yoshimune
Fishing Boat
Date: 1910s.
An early edition on original card-like paper.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.125 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Hasegawa. From the famous "Night Scenes" series. Hasegawa catalog No. 1245.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: The center bottom margin has tears...

Six-Panel Gold Folding Screen with Textured White Chrysanthemums(2/2)

This elegant six-panel byōbu (folding screen) from the Showa period features an exquisite composition of white chrysanthemums in full bloom, set against a shimmering gold leaf background. Accentuated by graceful stalks of bamboo and delicate seasonal flowers, the screen evokes a sense of refined tranquility and natural beauty...

Antique Japanese Hinabyōbu Folding Screen Birds and Blossoms

A refined hinabyōbu (doll festival folding screen) from the late Edo period, depicting a spring landscape with plum blossoms, dandelions, and various birds such as sparrows, swallows, and mandarin ducks. The screen is adorned with sprinkled gold and silver leaf, creating a festive, elegant mood. Minor wear consistent with age.

Hinabyōbu are small folding screens used in the Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival) in Japan...

This refined white and celadon green Tenmoku tea bowl (chawan), crafted approximately fifty years ago by the distinguished Japanese potter Gaei Matsuyama, presents a masterful blend of traditional form and poetic glaze expression. Measuring 6.9 cm in height and 12.1 cm in diameter, it is a balanced and intimate vessel that invites both contemplation and use.

The chawan is enveloped in a luminous white glaze, flowing like snowlight over the stoneware body...

A massive sculptural work by Living National Treasure Suzuki Osamu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Shino Kaki. However, do not let the simplicity of the title fool you, this piece is truly quite an amazing bit of sculpture. The towering structure is covered in white glaze studded with pinholes and tinged with red. Cracks and fissures erupt with volcanic fury, splitting the surface. A brass insert has been created by the artist to hold water in the center...

TRAY AND SAKE CUPS

Set of an obon wood carving tray (as deadstock from a temple in Mie prefecture) and Imari white porcelain choko cups, 1940s, Japan...

SUMO WRESTLER MASK

Quite a rare type of vintage Japanese celluloid mask with such movable eyebrows, Showa period, 1960s-70s, 17 x 17 x 9 cm (6.69 x 6.69 x 3.54in)...

MID-CENTURY MODERN IKEBANA VASE

Ceramic. 20th century, Japan. 34 x 6 x H 26 cm (13.38 x 2.36 x 10.23in).


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FLATFISH AND TURBAN SHELLS

Vintage Japanese oil painting on wooden board, 1956, with unidentified painter's name, 25.5 x 19 x 0.6 cm (10.03 x 7.48 x 0.23in).


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Refined Satsuma Ido Chawan with Glazed Poetics and Shifuku | Meiji Period, ca. 1870

This rare and exquisitely balanced Ido-style chawan, measuring 6.3 cm in height and 12.4 cm in diameter, is a distinguished example of old Satsuma ware from the early Meiji period (circa 1870). The bowl comes accompanied by its original aged wooden box and a luxurious purple shifuku (cloth bag), underlining its ceremonial and collector's value...

Ota Masamitsu (aka Ota Gako) 太田雅光 (1892–1975)
Beach at Night
Date: 1910s-30s.
Size: Chuban. Print size: Approximately 10 x 7.75.
Matte board size: 14 x 11.
Signed "Gako" by the artist.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Round, red Takemura seal.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Print is fully adhered to the board. The board is foxed.

Japanese Meiji period Kyoto Satsuma baluster form vase or jar with upright neck decorated around the circumference in polychrome enamels with six samurai set against a faintly crackled cream-colored background. On the side of the jar at the midsection is a red hand scripted “Yasuda zo” mark. The mark likely refers to Yasuda Gensei (d. 1932) who founded the Yasuda Ceramic Company in Kyoto in 1896. This piece likely dates slightly before the establishment of the company (circa 1890-1896)...

Large Japanese Meiji to Taisho period "aka-e" (red) Kutani vase with ovoid body, splayed foot, and flared mouth, the neck flanked by a pair of shishi form handles at the upper shoulder. The vase is decorated in overglaze rust-red and polychrome enamels with gilt highlights. One side features Kusunoki Masashige, the archetype of a loyal samurai, seated under a pine tree bidding farewell to his son before the battle of Chihaya. A delicate bird and flower scene is on the reverse...

Aoki Seiko (b. 1880)
Mt. Fuji and Sailboat (Fuji Yama)
Size: Kotanzaku. Approximately 24.8 x 12.0 cm. 9.75 x 4.875 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Artist's signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 367). Original publisher's tag on back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: A few very faint foxing marks.

Hagi Chawan by Sofu Kaneko – A Masterwork of Earth and Flame Height: 8.6 cm | Diameter: 12.6 cm | With original signed and sealed tomobako (wooden box)

This exquisite Hagi-yaki tea bowl, created over 30 years ago by the renowned Japanese ceramic artist Sofu Kaneko (金子 霜楓), is a sublime embodiment of rustic elegance and poetic imperfection. With its softly rounded form and generous proportions, it invites the hands and spirit into a contemplative encounter...

Heavily potted Japanese Meiji to Taisho period Kutani porcelain deep bowl decorated in the Yoshidaya style of aode (green) polychrome pigments with the spirits of the legendary couple from Noh theater Jo and Uma (Jotomba) in a landscape scene under pine. Jo holds a rake and Uma a broom with which they will clear pine needles (symbolizing longevity) under moonlight. A crane flies in the sky above them and at the bottom left is the minogame, or mythical tortoise, with the long train of seaweed g...

1960's Japanese 13th Kakiemon Sakaida Porcelain Vase

It is 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) tall by 4.9 inches (12.5 cm) wide. It is 1.9 Lb.

It has surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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