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.

Chinese antique long painting table made all of elm (jumu) wood. Beautiful rustic appeal with traces of original lacquer and patina. Elegant lines with simple side stretchers and carved curling cloud motifs spandrels on a simple apron.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 33 1/2" high x 81 3/4" long x 16 5/8" deep

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. Natural a...

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. He was immediately rec...

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. I apply traditional overglaze painti...

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.
Shirakura Kinichiro (Niho or Jiho, Kanyu, 1896-1974) was born in Niigata, and initially was inducted into Nanga under ...

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.
Fushina (also ...

A gold decorated incense-burner in the shape of a court cap by female artist Eiraku Myozen enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 16.5 x 12 x 19 cm (6-1/2 x 5 x 7-1/2 inches) and is in overall excellent condition.
The Eiraku (Nishimura) family is one of Japan’s most important and historically significant lines of pottery artists in Kyoto, tracing back to the 16th century. The skill of Eiraku potters earned the honorific title of Senke-Jissoku, reserved for 10 families of arti...

Japanese Edo period woodblock by Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) depicting the poetess Gonchunagon Atsutada (906-943) from the series "Thirty-six Poets, An Instructive Mirror for Women and Children" published by Wakasaya Yoichi in 1842-1843. Paper: 14" x 9 3/4". Very good overall condition. The paper is very lightly toned and is slightly thinned in a few areas. There is a tiny worm hole at the upper left edge and a barely visible paper repair to a tiny tear at the left edge. A few small spots of adhesive...

Rare Ming dynasty 15th century interregnum period blue and white bowl with three friend of winter motif, good condition with short fain line at the rim please see picture for detail size: 15.5 cm diameter.

Rare Ming dynasty 15th century interregnum period blue and white bowl with flower scroll motif, good condition with short line at the rim please see picture for detail size: 15 cm diameter.

Ming dynasty blue and white bowl with lotus leaf motif good condition with hairline at the rim please see picture for detail size: 15 cm diameter.

Rare Ming dynasty Xuande 15th century blue and white large bowl with flower scroll motif, good condition with part of the rim has damage please see picture for detail size: 17 cm diameter.