A quintessential work by Fukuda Kodojin dated 1910 exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2023, published P. 55 No. 10 The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin. Executed in Kodōjin’s distinctive blend of ink and pale mineral pigment, the composition rises dramatically from a foothill hermitage—two rustic pavilions nestled among tall pines—into a towering vertical world of mist-veiled peaks...

A stately ink image of a sencha Kyusu tea pot by Fukuda Kodojin signed by his Japanese Poetry name Haritsu mounted in the Chagake tea room style. Ink on silk, in a crushed paper border terminating in humble wooden rollers befitting the tea room. It is 46 x 110.5 cm (18 x 43-1/2 inches) and has been fully restored in excellent condition. It comes in a wooden box...

This epic hanging scroll reveals Kodōjin’s fully developed ink idiom: a vast, tiered mountain landscape composed of layered dotting, pooling, and wash, where the upper forms evoke Mi Fu–style cloud mountains, while the lower section dissolves into abstract zones of mist and bamboo groves. The brush alternates between densely scored vertical strokes suggesting rocky strata and freely scattered ink dots...

An incredible tower of porcelain covered in silver and gold mist droplets featuring a solid blue glass element intercalated between the porcelain tiers mounted on a metal base and enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 38.5 cm (15 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Kondo Takahiro (b. 1958) was born the grandson of Living National Treasure Kondo Yuzo. However, he graduated Hosei University not with a degree in sculpture or crafts, but in Literature...

Elegant rectangular kobako decorated in nashiji lacquer on a black ground. The lid features a delicate landscape scene depicting a pavilion—possibly a small castle—set beside a river winding through karstic formations...

Kobako en laque Wajima de couleur grise orné de rayure de laque or représentant un coquillage bivalve. L’intérieur en laque nashiji sur fond noir. La laque de Wajima, l'une des plus prestigieuses du Japon, est originaire de la ville de Wajima, nichée au nord-ouest de la péninsule de Noto...

Imposing kobako in nashiji lacquer on a black ground, decorated with a motif imitating wood grain. The lid is adorned with an ikebana basket (hanakago) containing a bouquet of remarkable harmony despite its complexity. The level of detail achieved by the lacquer artist allows several plants in the floral composition to be clearly identified...

Impressive suzuribako writing box decorated in gold and tin maki-e lacquer on a nashiji ground. The lid is adorned with a composition depicting a pine and a plum tree whose trunks intertwine, with young bamboo shoots growing at their base...

Suzuribako (writing box) in black lacquer, rectangular in shape, with a gold lacquer (maki-e) decoration of a pavilion by the edge of a waterfall and a mountain river surrounded by vegetation. The trees and the waterfall are in takamaki-e. The decoration itself covers the entire piece, continuing from the lid to each of the sides...

An old suzuribako, or writing box, in black lacquer with a faceted lid and featuring, as its sole decoration in the lower left section, a moonlight scene emerging from tall grasses. The moon is rendered through the addition of metallic salts such as iron, silver, or oxidized tin, sprinkled onto the fresh lacquer. The grasses are depicted with great delicacy using hira maki-e gold lacquer, which time has barely worn away...

This small hexagonal kobako presents a rich scene featuring two roosters perched on a pine tree, set within an abundant natural landscape...

Suzuribako, or writing box, of rectangular shape, decorated with an imposing architecture realized in hira maki-e lacquer, probably a palatial structure, situated beside a waterfall and a mountain river...

Okimono or boxwood sculpture integrating the natural shape and texture of a tormented section of a boxwood branch, used to reveal the form of a corvid. This type of scholar's object, which uses natural marvels as a medium for sculpture, is common in China, the birthplace of calligraphy...

Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a group of three chestnuts of different sizes, superposed in an harmonious arrangement and an realistic treatment...

Imposing jizai okimono or articulated sculpture made entirely of hammered iron and signed Myochin, referring to an illustrious family of blacksmiths. Although originally a family of craftsmen whose genealogy dates back to the 4th century, the family's fame began during the Heian era (784-1184) when it received its name “Myochin” (literally: “rare light”) from Emperor Konoe in the 12th century. From the 16th century onwards, the workshop became a school whose style and the influence of te...

Unusual Japanese 19th C small box (known as natsume), decorated with a maki-e design featuring several crabs, rendered with different textures and depths, showcasing various lacquer techniques. Perfect condition. 3” x ¾ ”. 7.5 x 2 sm

Matte-black sets off the contents of these undulating bowls by Shigemori Yoko enclosed in a signed wooden box titled Kuro Yu Mukozuke Go Kyaku (5 person Black Glazed Side Dishes). A blank of raw clay surmounts the rim, a window containing vigorous swirling brush strokes. Each is roughly 14 cm 5-1/2 inches) diameter, 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall and all are in excellent condition, the box annotated by her brother.
Shigemori Yoko (1953-2021) was born in Kagoshima. Yoko came to Kyoto where sh...

An incredibly rare (the only one I have ever seen) Tenmokudai style sake cup stand (Haidai) by the first-generation Seifu Yohei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seika Sake 0 Dai. The outside is pure white porcelain, the interior, which would only be revealed when lifting the bowl is covered with cobalt images of exotic birds in a forest of pine and bamboo. It is 16.9 cm (6-1/2 inches) diameter, 9 cm (3-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
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