Very rare and exceptional Late Edo/Early Meiji Period C.1880 bronze buddhist temple lantern. Originally held a small dish for an oil lamp. Thick heavy bronze that has oxidized with time to produce a lovely blue/green patina. On tripod legs with fantastic vine motif on the main body panels. Hinges on door still work. Lost wax cast. Just lovely. Height: 50cm x diameter:22cm. Excellent condition. Ask for shipping quote.

A small yet resplendent Japanese four panel folding screen. In Japan, small screens are often referred to as, Hina Byobu. The view is showing a waterfall with different flora and fauna.The work has the distinct characteristics of the Kano school which was the dominant school of painting in Japan. Age: 19th century Size: Length 31.75" Height 17.75"

A fine Japanese ranma or transom with an image of a bush warbler perched on a flowering plum tree. Often bush warblers are a symbol of the coming of spring. Age: 20th century. Size: Length 73.25" Height 14.8"

An early snow covers the branches of a ragged pine, the clutches of autumn still evident in the red tinged leaves of ivy clinging tremulously to the limbs. This is a spectacular large Kyo-yaki work signed on the base Seifu and enclosed in a period wooden box. Dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, it is nearly 10 inches (25 cm) diameter, 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) to the top of the lid and in excellent condition. This is the work of Seifu Yohei I.

Hexagonal Kasuga-style stone lantern (ishi-doro) sculpted in six pieces from a gray-hued igneous stone, probably a type of andesite, with the Tokugawa clan's triple-hollyhock-leaf mon (crest) incised on each face of the roof and a single stylized hollyhock leaf incised on each face of the central dais. Early- to mid-Edo Period ca. 1675. Old loss and repairs, most notably to the central dais and the tapered pedestal.

Height: 142 cm

Stone gorinto (5-tiered stupa) sculpted in four parts from tuff, a stone composed largely of volcanic ash. Kamakura Period ca. 1300. Minor old loss and variegated lichen accumulation overall.

Height: 68 cm

The gorinto is a uniquely Japanese style of stupa comprising five geometric forms, which correspond (from bottom) to earth, water, fire, wind, and ethereal space...

Kawase Hasui
Hida Kamagatake
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1933. This is a lifetime edition published between 1946 and 1957.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the red 6mm seal.
Condition: Very good. The tonal difference at the lower right corner appears to be an impression flaw, rather than a matte line.
A rarely seen Hasui image.

Standing Jizo Bosatsu, the hands holding a hoju (sacred jewel), figurally sculpted from a gray-hued igneous stone. Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Very minor old loss, with overall softening of the lines and contours.

Jizo figure:
Height: 27 cm
Width: 10 cm
Depth: 9 cm

Lotus-form dais:
Height: 10 cm
Width: 28 cm
Depth: 25 cm

A relatively small-scale Jizo stone with outsize charm. The lotus-form dais, of similar age and stone type as the Jizo figure, is included.

Something I have never seen before, a set of pillows for one couple from Shimabara, one of the oldest pleasure districts of Kyoto, enclosed in the original Kiri-wood storage box. The man’s pillow is a simple roundel of soft leather. The woman’s, made for a geisha and her elaborate coiffure, is a small tapering black lacquered box with a drawer for a hair pin, to the top of which is secured a brocade pillow with a silk chord...

Standing Jizo Bosatsu with hands forming the gassho adoration mudra, relief-sculpted from tuff against a funagata-style mandorla, together with a separately sculpted hexagonal base and lotus-form dais. Clearly dated on the hexagonal base to the fourth year of the Genbun Era (1739), mid-Edo Period. Old loss, most notably to the lower-left front edge of the Jizo sculpture and to a lower corner of the hexagonal base...

A tetsu-yu chawan by greatest Kanjiro Kawai with signed box.

Mint, no cracks or repairs.

Size: 8,6 cm height, 13,1 cm diameter.

No ceramic artist of the Showa approached Kanjiro Kawai (1890-1966) for creativity and artisanship. Kanjiro was a true artist by nature, and together with Hamada Shoji, set a pattern of study for modern potters...

Seated Jizo Bosatsu, the hands forming the gassho adoration mudra, sculpted in relief from a gray-hued igneous stone. Late-Edo Period ca. 1800. Very minor old loss, with traces of pigment.

Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 20 cm
Depth: 9.5 cm.

Takeji Asano
Moon light in Wakanoura, Wakayama
Date: 1952. This edition is later.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 10.75 inches.
Publisher: Unsodo.
Condition: Excellent. No flaws.

Lovely black lacquer Japanese vase with 2 crickets. On the back side is a red dot (2 gold dots are on the front), a very interesting and subtle design element. Note in the photos, there is some minor chipping around base. Measures: 8.5" high, 4.25" across shoulder.

Japanese red lacquer on wood and brocaded Silk Obi Fabric top Folding Stand, 17 1/2" high, 18" wide, 14 1/2" deep-maximum(when opened), and 24" high, 14 1/2" deep(when closed), later part of Meiji period early 1900's, silk fabric has no open seam, all one(1) piece of silk Obi fabric, woven for this stand when it was made. The eight(8) metal caps have impressed design. There are some dull lacquer area from the usage but no damage.

Gorinto (5-tiered stupa) sculpted from a single piece of tuff, a sedimentary stone composed largely of volcanic ash. Early-Edo Period ca. 1650. Very minor old loss. Variegated lichen accumulation.

Height: 53.5 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 12 cm.

Lovely lacquerware inro, decorated with fish an seashells. With a coral ojime and a carved cinnabar lacquer netsuke. Meiji period (1868-1912). Signed at the bottom. Measurements: the inro 6x5,5 cm, the netsuke 3x2 cm.

This is a well done and rather large Japanese Cloisonne Jar. It is done in the Kyoto style and decorated with three phoenix birds. The piece is stoutly made with thick rims and is quite heavy. The artist we are not sure but the mottled enamel used may point towards Honda. The piece is in excellent condition with just a tiny loss of enamel on the underside of the lid where the knob is attached. It stands 8 1/2 inches.