Kiyoshi Saito
Siamese Cat (2) (Early Cat)
Date: ca. 1940s-50s.
Paper size: Approximately 23.675 x 18 inches.
Image size: Approximately 19 x 14 inches.
Sealed but not signed.
Self-published by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Laid down to board. Wrinkling. Stain at lower margin.
Note: In the last image, I show this print paired with another cat (our Saito 026). These cats also appear together in another Saito design known as "Ca...

Kiyoshi Saito
Siamese Cat
Date: ca. 1940s-50s.
Paper size: Approximately 23.675 x 18 inches.
Image size: Approximately 19 x 14 inches.
Sealed but not signed.
Self-published by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Laid down to board. Light wrinkling.
Note: In the last image, I show this print paired with another cat (our Saito 025). These cats also appear together in another Saito design known as "Cats".

Sakiori sodenashi (vest) handwoven of cotton strips recycled from old kimono for weft and asa (hemp) yarn for warp. It has beautiful mixed color of indigo, brown, purple etc. In good condition. The first half of the 20th century. W:48cm, L:73cm

Rare bag for back pack made of plant, possibly "suge" (Carex) but not 100% sure. It is hand-knitted with very skillful technique. Used by a mountain worker. In excellent condition. 20th century. L:38cm W:27cm

An antique Japanese Nihon Matsu Kasane Tansu (stacking Kimono chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite handles and the double Plum Blossom handle stoppers called Atari. Upper section features 2 full width drawers and the bottom section has 1 full drawer, 1 partial width drawer, a hinged security door and two small drawers where valuables were kept. Constructed using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails. Typically very l...

An antique Japanese 3 section Isho Biraki Tansu made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original bronze hardware. Upper section features a pair of sliding doors behind which lies a spacious storage area with a split level shelf with three side by side drawers below. The center section has two hinged doors that hide three removable Kimono trays while the bottom section has two drawers for added storage. Constructed using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails. ...

An antique Japanese Choba Tansu (merchant chest) made of Tochinoki (Horse Chestnut) and Hinoki (Cypress) woods. All original lhand forged iron hardware including the Warabite handles. Six drawers of varying sizes with 2 sets of sliding doors. Merchant records and books were stored behind the upper doors. The lower doors hide three small drawers, a storage area for more records and a secret hiding drawer where valuables were kept hidden from possible thieves. Carrying handles to each side of...

Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Tanuki Among Autumn Grasses
Catalog title: Badger between Autumn Grasses
Size: Approximately 11.125 x 9.75 inches.
Date: 1934. First and only edition.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (T36-199).
Shoson signature and seal lower left.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Reference: S41.1 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Tape residue show...

An antique Japanese Sendai Bo Tansu (Kimono chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and lacquered finish. Main drawer lockplate features Chrysanthemums with the lock bar featuring Pine trees and the bottom lock-late depicting a Paulownia leaf. 2 small drawers reside behind the hinged security door.

Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)

Dimensions: 42 1/2" Wide by 35" High by 17" Deep

An Yixing Figure of Budai. The jovial figure modelled seated at ease wearing loose robes, the right hand grasping a sack, the face with a wide cheerful expression. Chinese 17/18thC. Diameter 7 1/2" (19.0 cm) Condition; ends of fingers on left hand, tip of right big toe, chips to collar 1.0cm and 0.5cm, edge of robe 1.2 cm restored

Rare and unusual Iban pottery pattern paddle carved from durable Iron Wood (Belian wood), circa 19th century. The pattern on this would be pressed into unfired clay pots to give it this design by the Iban people of Sarawak. This technique has been used since Neolithic times predating the pottery wheel, where pots were made by coiling “ropes” of clay into a shape and then using the paddle to press the coils together to make a shape. The edge is rough at the bottom of the handle other than tha...

Nikko Bosatsu (Bodhisattva of Sunlight) standing upon a lotus-form dais atop a multi-tiered plinth and backed by a funagata-style mandorla. Yosegi-zukuri joined-block wooden construction, the figure and mandorla finished both front and back in lacquer and gilt now darkly patinated, crystal-inset eyes, and elaborately detailed crown and necklace of gilt-copper and colored-glass beads. Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Very good condition, with minor surface cracking, loss of the long-stemmed solar disc (J...

Gakko Bosatsu (Bodhisattva of Moonlight) standing upon a lotus-form dais atop a multi-tiered plinth and backed by a funagata-style mandorla. Yosegi-zukuri joined-block wooden construction, the figure, plinth, and mandorla finished both front and back in lacquer and gilt now darkly patinated, crystal-inset eyes, and elaborately detailed crown and necklace of gilt-copper and colored-glass beads. Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Virtually pristine original condition with the single exception of the loss of...

Kongara-Doji, one of two child attendants (the other is Seitaka-Doji) typically accompanying Fudo-Myo, standing upon a rectangular stand in unfinished wood. Yosegi-zukuri joined-block wooden construction, inset-crystal eyes, and mineral-pigment polychrome finish. Momoyama Period ca. 1550. Old cracking, flaking, peeling, and other loss to the polychrome finish, old repairs, and loss of the long-stemmed lotus bud originally held in both hands.

Height, including wooden stand: 52 cm
Height of f...

Seated monk with hands forming the gassho adoration mudra. Yosegi-zukuri joined-block wooden construction, inset-crystal eyes, and polychrome finish. Momoyama~Early-Edo Period ca. 1600. Old cracking, peeling, flaking, and other loss to the polychrome finish.

Height: 32.7 cm
Width: 29.7 cm
Depth: 22.8 cm.

A Japanese Satsuma tea bowl with rich decoration in gold and polychrome enamels, inside with a daily life scene with numerous characters on a feast day outside a temple, with waves with floral and naturalistic motifs. Outside with characteristic scenes of Japanese life of the Meiji period from the study to the game to the tea ceremony enclosed in a full reserve that runs all around without interruptions, and with rich decorations with gold bands with geometric motifs. Under the base an ori...

This is a Japanese antique Boro Tattered Material a rare and hand-spun natural Shina-fu Linden fabric with dark brown. It is an rare old meiji period (1868-1911)fabric. It is a thick and rough. Shina-fu Linden is a deciduous tree native to northern temperate regions. Elm and linden cloth naturally turn darker brown as time passes, due to the tannin content in these tree fibers. There is dirt and repair marks. The rag that has been used many times and discolored is an art in itself. You wear it a...

Shimacho with more than 545 fragments which are mostly hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye. Some of them are silk or colored yarn are also silk. Shima means stripes in Japanese but also means an island. Cotton textiles were imported from south Asian countries from mid 16th century and the were called "shima momen", cotton textiles from islands. Kasuri or check patterns were also included in shima (stripes). It has kanji characters "安政 4，Ansei 4" 1857, very late Edo period. The book h...