Antique Japanese stacking two section isho (clothing) tansu chest. Simple symmetric four drawer design. Made up of 100% kiri wood. Natural finish, beautiful natural grain patterns. Excellent condition, hand forged iron hardware.

Age: Late Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

dimensions: 37" wide x 41" high x 16 1/2" deep

Kawase Hasui
Evening View of a Village
Date: 1930s
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.625 x 5.125 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
"Made in Japan" stamp on verso.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-67.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Kawase Hasui
Miyajima at Night
Date: 1930s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Size: Koban. Approximately 6.25 x 4.25 inches.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Reference: Hotei Hp-52.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

A large open vessel covered inside with glossy dark iron, outside I fissured soft white by Ichino Kenta enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saishoku Tamba Kaki. It is 22.5 cm (9 inches9 diameter, 27 cm (11 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Ichino Kenta, born in 1986 in Tamba Tachikui, is a potter dedicated to preserving the traditions of Tamba ware while embracing innovative approaches to pottery...

Kawase Hasui
Springtime Forest
Date: 1930s.
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.75 x 5.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei Hp-18.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight fading.

Ikebana basket by Bamboo Master Tanabe Chikuunsai II. A modern, elegant and almost minimalistic bamboo flower basket, Hanakago, for ikebana flower arrangements, made with the parallel construction technique among others, using thin strips of madake bamboo, rattan and lacquer...

A boxwood netsuke depicting a partially peeled mandarin, carved with extraordinary realism. The peel reveals the segmented interior of the fruit, with every detail carefully defined. The texture of the peel and the veins of the leaves are extraordinary. Period: Meiji late 19th century. Dimensions: 2.6 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm. Condition: Excellent.

An ivory netsuke depicting a shishi crouching on a drum. The shishi rests one paw on a mokugyo, the traditional wooden drum used in Buddhist ceremonies. A hossu is concealed beneath the large drum. Signed Issei on the base. Period: Meiji late 19th century Dimensions: 1.9 x 4.4 cm. Condition: Excellent.

Stunning Tamba ceramic vase signed by Tankyu, one of the modern Tamba kiln masters. Gorgeous natural glazes from a wood fired kiln. Superb textures. 14cm diameter x 15cm tall. Ask for shipping quote.

One of his most popular new forms, this starkly arching elevated dish is by Murakoshi Takuma is covered in white over shadows of iron with areas of thin green revealing the clay beneath, weeping giant droplets onto the swirling center. It comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shunju Geta-zara. It is called a Geta-zara, named after the traditional elevated wooden sandals worn in Japan in previous eras...

A spectacular vessel undoubtedly made as a gift to visiting Daimyo emblazoned with a lightning heraldic crest and young pines from the private Fushina Kilns belonging to the lords of Shimane prefecture. The bottle is perfectly formed, covered in a stately earthen color with perfect ivory key-fret designs about the neck and the family crest on both sides alternating with pine saplings in black. This is truly a masterpiece from the kilns of a medieval warlord...

Set of 5 late 17th or early 18th Century Japanese porcelain dishes. Well potted and finely painted with prunus shaped flower heads and crashing waves painted to the center. The border with four panels of ‘Precious Objects’ alternated with panels of stylised waves in two tones of cobalt blue. The reverse painted with scrolling Karakusa and apocryphal senka nensei mark...

Beautiful teahouse plaque dated late Edo Period, Ca. 1861. The inscription on the back by a monk Maezono Hokyo reads that the donor, Mr. Sugaeda asked the then Minister of the Right, Kasanoin Ieatsu (1789-1866) to write the kanji for the plaque of the teahouse he was donating to Kitano Shrine in Kyoto.This was 2 years before Kasanoin Ieatsu resigned. He then had a carver carve the characters 'Gen Tei' Eternal Space' on a wood sign. 39cm wide x 24cm high x 3 cm deep. Ask for shipping quote.

Attributed to Rokubei V(1875-1959)...

1900's Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Round Box with Peking glass Bead Finial

It is 3.54 inches (9 cm) tall by 5.9 inches (15 cm) wide. It is 1.1 lb.

It has missing enamel, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1900's Japanese Copper Woven Weaving Vase with Fly & Spider

It is 2.55 inches (6.5 cm) tall by 2 inches (5 cm) wide. It is 44.5 gram.

It is tarnished and has missing pieces at the bottom, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Large Impressed Baluster form Koransha vase depicting a dragon flying among ominous swirling clouds. Minor wear to gilding on the rim.

19th Century Late Meiji Period
27 x 22cm

Set of 5 Kyomizu (Kyoto ware) Mokuze. Scalloped edges on light brown ground depicting pine boughs in blue enamel.

19th Century
18 x 10.5cm