Beautiful framed Japanese urushi-e painting by artist Hakuo Iriyama (born 1904 in Shirone, Niigata). Urushi-e is a style of Japanese art in which colored lacquers are used, along with mica and metal elements as accents. This piece depicts Mount Fuji, raised against a deep blue background, with etched rock formations in bright gold and orange lacquer at its peak, fading to brown lacquer with silver mica-powder mists floating around it. Bright pink lacquer tree branches with blooming cherry blosso...

Japanese deep red or burgundy colored molded glass tile bracelet. Set in silver metal, the glass tiles feature a floral design. In excellent condition, the bracelet measures 6.75" long. Each tile measures about 1" x .75". Pictures don't do justice to this bracelet. If you think you like it, then you'll be very pleased you you receive it. You won't be disappointed.

Pair Rosewood hand carved Adam style Wall Brackets, Shelves, or Wall Stands, 14" high, 11 1/2" wide, 6 3/8" deep, heavy weight. They are all in good condition.

Rosewood heavy weight hand carved Wall Bracket shelf, Wall Stand, Adam style, 13 3/4" high, 14" wide, 6 1/4" deep, used in Georgetown home in DC during 1970's and 80's. It is easy to hang with metal hook already attached in the back, and we have few other sizes, please inquire. The condition is good.

Pair Rosewood hand carved Wall Bracket, Display Shelf, or hanging Stand, heavy weight yet very delicate Rococo style, 13" high, 14" wide, 7" deep in the center top. The condition is good. I have few smaller sizes, please inquire.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Takanawa Sengakuji Temple, 1933.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten (seal), also bears Doi watermark.
Carver: Harada (seal). Printer: Yokoi (seal). This seal combination indicates an early post-war edition. Reference: Koitsu catalog no: TK-DH-7.
Condition: Excellent. On the back, two spots of tape residue.
Sengakuji is a Buddhist Temple in Tokyo. It houses the graves of The 47 Ronin.

Charming and life-like set of iron crabs and one lobster. Crabs are two separate sizes, one large and one small. Beautifully made, this adorable set adds an oceanic feel to any home, garden, or office. Dimensions: Large Crab- 13" from claw to claw, 12" Tall Small Crab- 11" from claw to claw, 7.5" Tall Lobster- 9" Tall, 12" Long

Vintage Japanese woodblock print by moku hanga style artist Fumio Fujita (1933-present). He graduated the Musashino College of Fine Arts in 1955 and began making woodblock prints in 1963. This is an abstract piece he created early in his career with a goldenrod yellow and grey background and bold, black criss-crossing lines with solid black circles, capturing motion and fluidity. It is set in a black and gold frame. Signed by artist and dated 1965. Size: (print only) 15.25" height, 11" width ...

Oversized limited-edition Japanese "sosaku hanga" woodblock print by Tamami Shima (1937-1999) titled "April Forest." The bottom margin is pencil-signed, titled in kanji, dated 1962, and numbered 67/100. Paper: 22"V x 15 7/8"H (image: 19 7/8"V x 13 3/4"H). Very good overall condition. April Forest is written in pen verso (see enlargement 5). From a Scottsdale, AZ estate. Originally purchased from M. M. Shinno & Associates in Los Angeles.

Oversized limited-edition Japanese sosaku hanga woodblock print by Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993) titled "Evening Garden No. 16." The bottom margin is pencil-signed, titled in kanji, dated 1960, and numbered 16/60. The artist's red seal is at the lower left corner of the image. The lower right margin holds a black 5-character self-published mark. Paper: 22 3/4" x 18 1/4" (image: 21 1/4" x 16 3/4"). Very good overall condition. The margin corners are creased. From a Scottsdale, AZ estate.

Vintage Japanese Ash Glazed Celedon Vase, from the Iga Ueno area in Japan.The jar has green and brown colors, ringed around vase top to bottom. Beautiful crackle detail in glaze. Pleasant and sturdy. In good condition. Comes with signed Box. Circa 1970's Dimension: 8" Tall, 6" Diameter.

A Bizen type kogo in form of a primitively rendered reclining sage or monk. Signed on bottom. 20th century. Good condition. Length: 5 inches (12.7 cm)

Figure of an eight-armed octopus, lying down in an almost elegant pose. Stoneware with gradient brown-beige color glaze. Signed on the back Hakushi or Hiroshi. Japan, later part of Showa era.

Length ca. 13 ½ x D ca. 9 inches.

Mint condition

Oversized limited-edition Japanese sosaku hanga woodblock print by Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993) titled "Garden in Autumn." The bottom margin is signed, titled in kanji, dated 1961, and numbered 10/60. The artist's red seal is at the lower right. The lower right margin holds a black 5-character self-published mark. Paper: 25"V x 20 5/8"H (image: 23 3/4"V x 19 3/8"H). Very good overall condition. There is a slight crease at the top left margin, a slight vertical crease along the top right image ...

Snake carved out of a natural piece of twisted keyaki (paulownia) wood, stained dark brown. Japan, Showa era, perhaps a bit earlier.

H ca. 24 in.

Excellent condition.

This attractive e-Shino bowl (“e†meaning picture) bears a pine-needle motif on the front surrounded by fields of dazzling ochre and white.

Fired in the kilns of Kato Kageaki (1899-1972), this Shino bowl is from one of the oldest traditions in Japanese pottery. Kageyaki was the 12th generation of Mino potters known for their distinctive styles of Shino and Oribe pottery. He was a great potter in his own right who was designated as a Human Intangible Cultural Treasure...

This magnificent Shino-yaki chawan, done in a rediscovered Momoyama period style, came from the kilns of one of Japan’s most celebrated and talented potters.

Arakawa Toyozo (1894 - 1985), designated in 1955 as one of but a handful of National Living Treasures, is best known for rediscovering lost techniques of pottery from the Momoyama and early Edo periods. In 1930 he discovered shards at the site of the ruins of an ogama style kiln at Mutabora proving that that Shino and Oribe g...

A very elegant and mature tsutsu style chawan created by Ito Tozan III (1900-1970), third generation of the Ito Tozan line of potters. Tozan, who at one time worked in the kiln of Hamada Shoji, learned pottery from his father Ito Tozan II (1871-1937) and his grandfather Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) from a very young age. Tozan III received many prestigious awards during his years as a potter and has the distinction of having his pottery held by the Imperial Household. Tsutsu chawan have an especia...