Figures in Landscape
Size: 20.25 x 13.5 inches
Date: 1930s-40s.
Signature unread. Possibly "Makino".
Medium: Japanese watercolour.
Condition: Bend at upper right corner. Tear at left margin near signature. A couple of marks in sky.

Collection of 6 miniature Noh theater masks. Boiled cardboard covered with gesso, painted in natural colors, with the reverse side lacquered black. The hair is real, possibly horsehair. The eyes are glass, painted on the reverse. Each mask has a unique and very expressive face. Dimensions: 55mm to 95mm. An old collector's label is inside.

MINIATURE SEVEN LUCKY GODS

Miniature wooden carvings depicting the Seven Lucky Gods (Shichifukujin) enshrined within a zushi shrine. Japan, Shōwa period (20th century). Approx. 16.5 × 10.5 × 10 cm (6.5 × 4.1 × 4.1 in). Each figure is carefully hand-carved and hand-painted, with individually rendered facial expressions. No notable chips or losses observed...

DRAGON YOKAI AND FULL MOON

Set of contemporary artworks featuring two humorous Taishō–early Shōwa period drawings on washi (Japanese paper) pasted onto canvas. Japan. Each approx. 18 × 14 × 2 cm (7.1 × 5.5 × 0.8 in)...

Old Japanese Tsuchiya Koitsu 土屋光逸 Woodblock Print "Benkei Bridge"

The overall measurement is 22.4 inches (57 cm) long by 15.98 inches (40.6 cm) wide. The print is 14.3 inches (36.3 cm) long by 9.45 inches (24 cm) wide.

The prints' borders have been trimmed. It is also glued to the mat board at the upper edge. The print also has a small white dot at the tree, fading, discoloration, and wear (as seen in the photos)...

Old Japanese Tsuchiya Koitsu 土屋光逸 Woodblock Print "Nagoya Castle" 名古屋城

The print is 15.4 inches (39.1 cm) long by 10.2 inches (26 cm) wide.

The prints' borders have been trimmed. It also has 2 large spots of stains at the front caused by the 2 tapes at the back. It has a crease at the right hand side. The print has wears, discoloration and fading (as seen in the photos).

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This atmospheric riverscape by Kondō Kōichirō depicts one of the famed “twelve bridges” of Itako in Ibaraki prefecture, rendered in a richly layered monochrome that merges Western pictorial sensibilities with the quiet lyricism of Nihonga. The scene unfolds along a tree-lined waterway, where wooden footbridges span the calm surface and small boats glide beneath their beams...

An exquisite 19th century tile in burnt orange clouded with green, a sprig of dry grass growing up in rich iron silhouette on one corner. This was made to hold the Furo brazier during the making of Maccha tea in the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It is 24 x 24 x 3 cm (9-1/2 x 9-1/2 x 1 inches) and is in overall fine condition, with two firing cracks along the green edge typical of wood fired solid slab pottery. The tile comes enclosed in a period wooden box titled simply Furo-ita...

Wow is all you can say to this stunning Tokkuri, the dark clay covered in karst-like encrustations by Masamune Satoru enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 9.5cm (just less than 4 inches) diameter 15.5cm (6 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Masamune Satoru was born in Inbe (Bizen) in 1954, and graduated from Okayama Prefectural Ceramic Center in 1973...

A charming set of 6 medium sized dishes from the Bizen kiln of Mori Toshiaki, each exhibiting unique surface effects known as Yohen enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Bizen Sara. These Yohen or kiln effects, are natural, random patterns resulting from various factors, including the placement of the pottery in the kiln, amount of ash buildup, and proximity to other pieces...

With origins stretching back over 1,000 year, Tenmoku pottery is thought to have first found its way to the shores of Japan in the 12th century by monks who brought them back from China’s southern Song dynasty...

Tokuriki Tomikichiro
Shimabara Gate
Series: November from Twelve Months of Kyoto
Date: 1950s.
Size: 11.5 x 10.25 inches.
Signed, sealed, and titled at upper right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back of print has toning.

Known for his non-conformist and bold style, Suzuki Goro has outdone himself with this stylized Oribe sake flask (tokkuri). Oribe is a visual style named after the late-16th-century tea master Furuta Oribe (1544-1615). The most common types in this genre are Oribe-guro with jet-black glazes and feldspar ornamentation, Ao-Oribe with dark-green glazes, followed by the somewhat rarer type of Oribe known as Narumi-Oribe which can range from a reddish to a brownish color...

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
Heirinji Temple Bell
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1951. Provenance: Purchased in Kyoto 1983 by a Canadian collector.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Two pieces of archival hinge tape at top back margin. Margins have slight creasing.

Takashi Nakayama (1893-1978)
Man Carrying Daikon Radishes
Size: 13 x 6.5 inches.
Date: Mid-century.
Signed "T. Nakayama." (Takashi Nakayama's son was the artist Tadashi Nakayama).
Medium: Japanes watercolour.
Condition: Two pinholes at top left corner.

Takashi Nakayama (1893-1978)
Man Carrying Tea Kettle
Size: 13 x 6.5 inches.
Date: Mid-century.
Signed "T. Nakayama." (Takashi Nakayama's son was the artist Tadashi Nakayama).
Medium: Japanes watercolour.
Condition: Tape residue at top edge. The odd faint mark.

A Japanese two-panel folding screen painted with pigments on a gold leaf ground, depicting a group of bamboo plants. The composition features slender stalks alternating with thinner branches and leaves. The panels are framed with silk borders, a lacquered wooden frame, and metal corner fittings. Provenance: private U.S...

An ivory netsuke depicting a quail crouched on a stalk of millet, signed Masakazu. The quail is carved with great accuracy, with particular attention to the finely incised rendering of the plumage. The eyes are inlaid in horn. The signature is incised beneath the base. Period: Edo, 19th century. Dimensions: 2.5 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm. Condition: Very good condition.