This is a children's ki-Hachijo silk kimono worn in Kyoto during the Edo period. It is a high-quality item for children, made from very fine, delicately woven silk threads dyed with yellow dye. There is no damage or staining. It is in very good condition. Size: Length: 116cm / Sleeve to sleeve distance: 110cm

Set of sake cups in the shape of temple bells or wind chimes, made of fine brown stoneware. Band of impressed circular chrysanthemums, just under the everted lip, covered with brown, gray and white glazes. Inside covered with brown, ochre and gray mottled glazes. Each cup is different in decoration and slightly varying in height and shape.

Unsigned...

Sizable tea bowl for use in the tea ceremony of almost round shape. Stoneware with small inclusions, ash, goma and sangiri/kumadori (black framing). Foot ring of irregular shape. Bizen ware.

Mark inside foot ring of the Bizen potter Nishikawa Masami.

Japan, Bizen, second half 20th century.

H 3.25 x W 4.75 in.

Comes with wooden storage box.

Thin firing crack (accepted by potter). Excellent condition.

Nishikawa Masami (1938-2004) was born in Nagoya...

A calligraphic verse by Fukuda Kodojin written in his flowing hand dated the Plum Flower Time of the 14th year of Taisho (early Spring, 1925). Ink on paper in a fine silk border with solid ivory rollers (these will be changed for export) enclosed in a period wooden box. It is 46.5 x 196 cm (18-1/2 x 77 inches) and is in fine condition with minor marks typical of age.
Composing verses at Hanshan Temple:
No monk is even boiling tea...

An elongated sparse landscape in ink on paper by Fukuda Kodojin a humble abode held gently between steep walls in a valley studded with bamboo and shaded by ancient boughs. The lone scholar is visible through the window, quietly passing time in his retreat, swayed only by the coming and going of the leaves. The paper canvas is mounted in pale green cloth and the scroll features black lacquered wooden rollers...

This powerful hanging scroll by Fukuda Kodojin depicts an ancient pine tree, rendered with an intensity and abstraction that typify the painter’s most expressive ink work. Kodojin dissolves the foliage into a dense, radiating mesh of pine needles, built from sharply angled, intersecting strokes. These needle clusters—at moments appearing like bursts of energy or ink “constellations”—convey both the vitality of the living tree and the spontaneous inner movement of the artist’s hand...

An expansive bucolic scene by Fukuda Kodojin making unusual use of color enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Ink and light color on paper in a fine mounting of patterned green silk with bone rollers. It is 31-1/2 x 56 inches (79.2 x 142 cm) and in excellent condition.
Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) was an eccentric self-taught artist, his status as a poet, calligrapher and literati artist has reached legendary status...

In the collection, two hanging scrolls by Fukuda Kodojin, while composed almost identically, reveal dramatically different expressive intentions through brushwork, ink handling, and spatial rhythm. They offer a rare glimpse into Kodojin’s evolving approach to literati painting, and his subtle negotiation between disciplined restraint and spontaneous expression. This second scroll, while depicting the same setting as the previous...

Imagine the rich green froth of maccha inside this haunting kutsu-gata bowl by Tsujimura Yii enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shiro-Shino Chawan. It is almost 13 cm (over 5 inches) diameter at the base, the mouth 14 x 11 cm (5-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches) and is 8.3 cm (3-1/4 inches) tall and in perfect condtion...

An antique Japanese bronze Hibachi depicting landscapes, wise men, sage women and flowers in relief. Unusual carrying handles with overlapping leaf design. Mounted on a hardwood base protecting damage to a Japanese Tatami floor.

Age: Meiji era (circa 1890-1910)

Dimensions: 14 1/4" Wide by 13 3/8" Deep by 10 1/4" High

Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 19.2 C.M. / Width 4.9 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 21.1 C.M. / Width 5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 21.7 C.M. / Width 6.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Large Japanese Six-Panel Screen with Pine and Bamboo on Gold Ground

A large six-panel Japanese folding screen depicting a majestic pine tree with sweeping branches and standing bamboo on a rich gold-leaf ground.
The composition highlights the elegant contrast between the dark pine needles, textured trunk, and cool green bamboo.
Age-related wear and small losses to the surface are present, but the painting remains impressive in scale and atmosphere.

Period:late Edo...

Hand-made large plate, or platter, great for serving food. Dense very light brown stoneware covered in opaque green, brown glazes with wax-resist decoration of triangles and circles with small splashes of black.

Potter’s mark on back: dovetail (or two triangles pointed towards each other). Unidentified potter.

Japan, Mashiko style, 20th century.

H 1.25 x diam. 10.25 in.

Excellent condition, no damages

Not dishwasher safe, nor microwave safe.

Midsize dish of octagonal shape with slightly rounded squared rim.
Cream colored stoneware with iron brown slip decoration on whitish, finely crackled glaze. Loosely drawn landscape with river or lake, pavilion on a rocky outcrop flanked by trees, fisherman in a boat, mountains in the background. The outside covered in an amber colored, finely crackled glaze with speckles.

H 1.5 x W 7.25 x D 7.25 in.

Japan, Seto region, Meiji era, ca 1900

Excellent condition

A very unusual brush case in the shape of a sword dating from the 19th century. It seems to be a play on the expression “the pen is mightier than the sword”. A part of the sheath slides to the side revealing a compartment for wadding drenched in ink and a brush. It is 39 cm (15-1/2inches) long and in excellent condition.

An amateur vase pinch formed from rough clay and decorated with Hotei, the god of fortune, leaning against his sack of treasure opposite a brief verse by Tomioka Tessai enclosed in an old wooden box titled Tessai Sensei Tsubo, Kabin. It comese with a Fukusa also hand painted by the legendary literatus. The vase is 16 x 18 x 14.5 cm (6-1/2 x 7 x 6 inches) and is in excellent condition...