Japanese 19thC carved netsuke depicting a snake coiling through the skull. Wood Unsigned 2” x 1 ½ ” x 1 ½ ”.

Japanese 19thC boxwood carved netsuke depicting Hannya, a Noh/Kyogen theater character of a jealous female demon or serpent who has been consumed by intense emotions like rage, sadness, and sorrow. Old restoration on the lower jaw. Boxwood. Signed. 1 ½ ” x 1 ¼ ”.

Japanese 19thC carved netsuke depicting a chick hatching from an egg, which is a common motif in art that symbolizes new life, birth, and potential. Dark hardwood, probably rosewood, inlayed eyes. Unsigned. 1 ½ ” x 1 ½”.

An Edo period lacquered wood yosegi-zukuri scale model utsushi (honorific copy) of the original, Kamakura period sculpture of Kūkai (A.D. 774 - 835) enshrined as a manifestation of Maitreya Buddha in the Kongobu-ji shrine in the Okuno-In temple. Kōbō Daishi (so named posthumously), was the founder of esoteric Shingon, Vajrayana Buddhism in Japan. Weathered but fair condition. Ex H. I. Gates collection. Height, 9 1/2 inches

Three Shin Hanga Japanese Woodblock Prints
Hiker in Mountains, Two Figures with Umbrella in Rain, Boat and Willow
Date: 1910s-1930s.
Size: Ko-tanzaku. Each 9.5 x 2 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock prints.
Condition: Excellent.One has marks in upper right sky.

Eishosai Choki (1760s-1800s) Hand Mirror
Size: Oban 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Date: ca 1790. This edition pre-1923 published Watanabe Shozaburo (sealed).
Side light reveals a beautiful pattern in the embossed black fabric. See photo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Such hooks were traditionally used in wealthy farmers houses and were suspended from the ceiling over the traditional iron hearth.
Beautifully carved from Keyaki wood (Japanese Zelkova) , perhaps most desirable hard wood in Japan, known for its strength and beautiful grain...

Pair to Large Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen with Cranes

A large six-panel folding screen (byōbu) forming a pair with the previously presented crane screen.
This screen features a striking composition of cranes: one with wings majestically spread in flight, accompanied by two cranes resting gracefully on the ground...

A radical red tea bowl, the sides scored by Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Chawan. It is 13.5 cm (5-1/2 inches), 8 cm (3 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) was born in Tokoname and graduated the Tokoname industrial school before moving on to work at a tile factory in 1957, where he would lose two fingers in an industrial accident...

A humorous image of blind men trying to describe an elephant, a scene from popular Zen lore, by Okada Kakyo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is Ink on paper in a silk border featuring porcelain rollers. The scroll measures 55 x 206.5 cm (21-1/2 x 81 inches) and is in overall fine condition.
A group of blind men once came upon an elephant, each wishing to understand what sort of creature stood before them...

Antique Japanese pottery Oribe vase. 4 ½ ” tall and about 3” wide. Rim with a few chips (see images).

Wood hand carved mask Hannya, Noh tradition. Unsigned 6 ½” tall and about 5” wide. The mask represents a jealous female demon or serpent who has been consumed by intense emotions like rage, sadness, and sorrow.

Wood hand carved mask of Okame/Otafuku, Noh and Kyōgen tradition. Unsigned 6” tall and about 4 ½ ” wide. The Okame mask often associated with good fortune, happiness, and mirth.

Wood hand carved mask of Okina, Noh tradition. Unsigned 7” tall and about 5” wide. The Okina mask is one of the most respected and oldest masks in the Noh repertoire. The mask represents an old, benevolent deity associated with longevity, good fortune, and prosperity.

19th C Japanese wood mask of Uba, Noh/Kyogen tradition. Signed in cartouche above left eye, 6.5” tall and about 4.5” wide. Overall good condition, for details, please see images. The Uba mask represents old women, often dignified characters in Noh/Kyogen plays, such as in "Takasago" where it portrays a deity in the form of an old woman, often alongside the Okina (old man) mask.

19th C Japanese wood mask from a Noh/Kyogen tradition. 6” tall and about 4” wide. Back side has signs of old restoration. Front with a few chips. The mask represents a stylized male character with furrowed eyebrows and a downturned mouth, beard and mustache in black hair.

19th C Japanese wood mask from a Kyogen tradition. 7 ¼” tall and about 5” wide. Front with some discoloration, chips, for details of the condition, please see images. The mask represents a stylized male character with furrowed eyebrows, bulging eyes, an upturned mouth, and a sparce beard of light colored hair.

19th C Japanese wood mask of Ebisu/Daikoku type from a Kyogen tradition. 7 ¼” tall and about 5” wide. Front side with chips, for details of the condition, please see images. The mask represents a stylized smiling male character, one of the seven gods of good fortune, which originates from Buddhist tradition. The mask is featured in Kyōgen plays like Ebisu-Bishamon, where actors use the exaggerated smile and wide-open mouth to convey the god's jolly persona.