A classical Nihonga scene of the four seasons featuring Asian Blue tails among red Momiji (maple) leaves, pine boughs and cherry blossoms filling the air over flowing blue water, the shore dotted with flowering plants. This is a very large scroll by Tsutaya Ryukoku depicted with heavy pigment on silk in a patterned cloth border with solid ivory rollers. The scroll is 91 x 240 cm (36 x 94.5 inches) and is in overall excellent condition, dating circa 1925...

I have never seen before a Suzuri Ink-grinding stone made from slate containing fossilized sea shells. This is a very unusual item incorporating the shells themselves into the design, the ink well is cut deep into the surface, covered by a beautifully carved rosewood cover. The stone comes in an ancient black lacquered wooden box, undeniably Edo period. The stone is 20 x 26 x 8.5 cm (8 x 10-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition.

Japanese Edo period woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) titled at the upper right “The First Month” from the series “Fashionable Twelve Months” published by Moriya Jihei in 1830-1832. Signed “Kochoro Kunisada ga” at the lower left with the publisher's seal and kiwame censor seal beside it. Very good overall condition with minor soiling and creasing of the paper. The print is not backed and there are no tape stains or remnants...

A Japanese Meiji period bronze and multimetal okimono sculpture of two monkeys, seated on a carved wood base. The sculpture depicts a larger monkey looking upward while a smaller one interacts with it. It is a finely detailed bronze piece with a dark patina, eyes seem inlayed with gold and shakudo. Prefect condition. Without base 5”x 4.25 x 3.25” (12 x 11 x 7.25 sm)

A Japanese Meiji period wood okimono sculpture of a puppy and a Kyogen theatre mask of a Otafuku (also known as Okame). Okame is a traditional Japanese character representing a happy, prosperous, and auspicious woman. It is a beautifully and naturalistically carved, puppy hairs are perfectly detailed. Eyes are with three kinds of inlay, dark and light horn. Whiskers are inlayed in dark horn. Signed...

Antique Japanese silver wire, cloisonné enamel vase. The body is decorated with black background and a tethered hawk perched on a curtained rail. The curtain is decorated with a scrolling flower design, and the perches have a wood-grain effect. Overall good condition with a surface imperfection near the neck. 8.5”x 3.75” (22 x 9.5 sm)

Antique Japanese cloisonné enamel vase. The body is decorated with black background and eagle on the sakura tree. Signed on the bottom. Overall good condition with a few very fine surface imperfections. 4.75”x 2.25” (12 x 5.5 sm)

Hasui Kawase
Moonlit Night at Miyajima (Evening State)
Date: 1947
Size: Oban. 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
First edition with round, black 6mm seal (1946-57).
Reference: Hotei 497, Narazaki 479.
Oban. 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Pencil notation at back bottom margin.
Provenance: From a California collector.

Fukutaro Terauchi (b. 1891)
Snow Scene of Asakusa Temple, Tokyo.
Size: 19.875 x 13.25 inches.
Date: 1930s-60s.
Signed "Terauchi" at lower right.
Medium: Japanese watercolour.
Condition: Soft bend at upper right corner. Some fading in previous unmatted portion.

An ivory okimono of the Tokyo school, depicting a woodcutter seated during a moment of rest, holding a bento box and chopsticks in his hands. The figure is rendered with particular attention to the facial features, hairstyle, and the soft folds of the kimono, highlighting the quality of the carving. On the reverse of the bundle of firewood appears a square signature in gold and silver. Period: Meiji period, late 19th century Dimensions: 7.5 cm Condition: Very good condition...

A boxwood netsuke depicting Shōki restraining an oni by the horn as it attempts to flee. Incised signature beneath the feet. Period: Edo period, 19th century Dimensions: 5.1 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm Condition: Very good condition.

A cloisonné vase on a deep dark blue ground, decorated with a crane depicted along the banks of a watercourse. The decoration is executed in polychrome enamels, delineated by fine silver wires. Period: Meiji period, late 19th century Dimensions: 18 × 8.5 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Minor enamel marks are present on the neck.

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
Oshiro, the Castle at Himeji
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1951. Appears to be pencil signed. Signature feels textured so may be impressed block signature.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition.Toning primarily on back. A few faint marks.

Aoki Seiko (b. 1880) after Uehara Konen (b. 1878)
Ryogoku Bridge
Size: 8.125 x 4.875 inches (20.6 x 12.6 cm).
Date: ca. 1910.
Seiko seal at lower right. Uehara Konen did a larger version of the same scene.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 430).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: A few marks on the back - one faintly showing through

Platinum tinges the frilled rim of this masterpiece tea bowl by the challenging young artist Kawabata Kentaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 18 x 14.5 x 12 cm (7 x 6 x 5 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Kawabata Kentaro was born in Saitama in 1976, and graduated the Ceramic Department of the Tokyo Designer Institute, which he followed up with two years at the Tajimi city Pottery Design　and Technical Center, graduating in 2000 with a BFA...

A beautiful white porcelain box by female artist Tanzawa Yuko decorated with poppy flowers exhibited at the 2002 42nd Nihon Dento Kogei Shinsaku ten National New Traditional Crafts Exhibition enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Keshi-mon Tobako. It is 23 cm (9 inches) diameter, 13.5 cm (5-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition. About her work she says In my style of expression I use a variety of different flowers as motifs on a white base...

Sparrows plump with winter fat huddle together against the cold on a snow covered branch on this exquisite painting by Shirakura Niho enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Niho Ga Setsuen Kosuzume Zu. Ink, Gofun & Light color on Silk, in a silk border with sculpted bone rollers. The scroll is 41 x 197.5 cm (16-1/4 x 77-3/4 inches) and is in excellent condition...

An Ise-ebi Japanese lobster scampers up the side of this pale glazed bowl, a classic work from the Fujina (Fushina) tradition of the former castle town of Matsue on the West Coast of Japan. The signature scrawled on the side reads Untora. Untora was a kiln alinf the shores of Shiinjiko lake just outside of Matsu City. The bowl is 13 cm (5-1/4 inches) diameter, 8.5 cm (3-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition, enclosed in a fine kiri-wood box titled Fujina Yaki Chawan...