Torii, Lantern, Boat, and Moon
Artist's seal not read.
Size: 6.75 x 4.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight corner bumps.
This is the only example of this design that we've found.

Ohara Koson
Four Crows in Flight
Size: O-tanzaku. 14.375 x 7.25 inches.
Date: ca 1910s.
Reference: K5.16 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). Daikokuya (107)
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Number "108" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: The odd handling mark. Paper edges toned. Pencil note on back.

Vintage Japanese damascene mix metal cigarette Box, once owned by the Rockefeller collection. Finely decorated with inlaid gold and silver. A pair of peacocks are seen amounts the flowing river underneath blooming tree. Hinged lit fits tightly and securely. Lacquer and overall condition is very good.

Age: Circa 1950's

Dimensions: 6" wide x 3 1/2" deep x 1 3/4" high

Ohara Koson (signed Bairei) Sparrow on Hortensia (Blue Hydrangea)
Image size: 7.75 x 3.75 inches.
Paper size: 9.875 x 6 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto (no. 106).
Kono Bairei seal at lower left. Bairei died in 1895, which, curiously, was before Matsumoto was in business...

Hiroshi Yoshida
Plum Gateway
Date: 1935.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.625 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image. Titled and signed in pencil.
Jizuri seal at left margin indicating a first edition self-printed by the artist.
Self-published by the artist.
H. Takemura & Co. label on back.
Reference: Abe catalog #205.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toned paper. Mark in sky...

Kaoru Kawano
Three Eyes
Date: 1950s-60s
Size: Approximately 16.75 x 11.25 inches.
Sealed by the artist at lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

When the founder of the Urasenke style of tea ceremony, Sen-So Soshitsu (1622 -1697) was invited to Kanazawa as the master of tea ceremony for the powerful Kaga lords in 1666, the first Chōzaemon came with him and established Ōhi-yaki in Kanazawa. Chōzaemon had been the chief apprentice to the Raku family in Kyoto and took with him many of the principles and ideas associated with Raku-ware...

A stunning example of blue/ green Oribe-ware by one of the veterans of Mino ceramics, this platter displays astounding variation in color and texture with deep forest greens, aquamarine coral blues, sandy browns, and dark contrast areas that add depth to the overall composition. Rather weighty compared to other Oribe pieces of this type, it has a very solid grounding presence and draws attention while not overwhelming the senses...

Cotton yukata with bold stripes. The dye technique is "chusen", cloth is folded in many layers and the dye liquid is poured through katagami (stencil). It is used for dyeing tenugui (towel), fukin (kitchen cloth) and yukata (cotton unlined kimono). The second half of the 20h century. In excellent condition. W:128cm, L:140cm

A shishi lion bites into a tangle of ribbon on the pierced lid of this pottery koro by Ito Tozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The six sided bosy is decorated with alternating designs of gees and florals among lattice-work. It is 8.5 x 8.5 x 14.5㎝ and in excellent condition.
Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began as a painter in the Maruyama school studying under Koizumi Togaku...

A fantastic Meiji period tray used for serving sake featuring crows in a leafless tree under the full moon enclosed in an old wooden box signed Shunso. The tray is constructed of wood covered in a layer of cloth with dark red lacquer, the decoration fo crows in a tree performed in black under a moon of silver powder. It is 42.5 x42.5 x 4.5 cm and is in fine condition.

An oki-goro incense burner made up of a hollowed burl of wood set onto a beautiful exotic dark-wood stand in the manner much appreciated by scholars of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Incense burnt inside on a metal stand would have produced smoke which drifted out through holes in the high peak of the burl, and around the base, like a mountain visible in the mist. It is 17 x 10.5 x 9 cm (7 x 4 x 3-1/2 inches) and is in overall excellent condition.

A fabulous russet tinged Shino Chawan by Kishimoto Kennin enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is large and delightfully hefty, 12.5 cm (5 inches) diameter, 10 cm (4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Kishimoto Kennin has been working with clay since the 1950s, devouring styles along the way...

An antique Japanese wood architectural carving featuring samurai warriors in battle. A warrior riding atop a battle ready horse with sword drawn at the ready. Another warrior boosting the morale of his followers. Made entirely of Keyaki (Zelkova) wood.

Age: Late Edo (1800-1850)

Dimensions: 45 1/2" Wide by 17 1/4" High by 5 1/2" Deep

Noren made of hand-spun cotton with katazome (stencil-resist dye) design, which is made by the textile artist Yunoki Samiro (1922~2024). In excellent condition. The second half of the 20th century. W:69cm, L:93cm

Noren made of hand-spun cotton with katazome (stencil-resist dye). Made by the textile artist Yunoki Samiro (1922~2024). The second half of he 20th century. In excellent condition. W:65cm, L:93cm

TWO PIECES OF HASO

Originally each of wide-mouthed Sue stoneware (Sueki) jar with a hall for installed bamboo spout used as pitcher called ‘Haso’. Excavated pieces as is, 5-8th century, Japan. One with neck: H 9 x 8 x 8.5 cm (3.54 x 3.14 x 3.34in), One without neck: H 6.2 x 8.5 x 9 cm (2.44 x 3.34 x 3.54in)...

A breathtaking tray decorated with early morning Lotus with misty clouds of gold on highly polished ro-iro black signed Kunisada featuring a solid silver rim enclosed in a silk lined box wrapped in blue cloth pouch stamped Ogaki Kunisada. Early morning dew beads like pearls in the basin of the dilapidated leaf in the fore, while the flower bulb, not ready yet to open, glistens gold in the late summer sunlight. The tray is 27.5 x 27.5 x 3cm (11 x 11 x 1-1/4 inches) and is in perfect condition...