An antique Japanese small Ko Tansu for personal storage made of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. The tansu has one large drawer and four medium drawers. The right hand lower corner has a hinged door behind which are two drawers with secret compartments behind each drawer. Iron hardware includes semi-round lock plates, drawer pulls, and corner bracing.

Date: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 29 1/2" Wide x 23 3/8" High x 14 1/4" Deep

Hiratsuka Un-ichi
Pagoda of Joruriji Temple, Kyoto
Date: 1960
Edition: 21/80
Size: Approximately 20 x 13.25 inches.
Artist's seal lower left. Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back margin has tape remnants. Outer margin toned.

This is a Japanese anrique natural Dyed with vegetable dye beautiful hand embroidery kakesita obi of Mid-Edo period(1780-1800). There are a lot of thin stains over time. There is no damage. They are not disturbing, and as a whole it is in very good condition. Size:Length:348cm / 137inch Width:: 55cm / 21.6inch

An ever-folding band of gold flecked fabric patterned with colors and waves like an elaborate obi (sash) seems to bind the cloak of rough dark clay forming this vase by Nakamura Takuo (Baizan III) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Atop a gilded Karasu-guchi finial, a tradtional shape called a Crows Mouth, provides the top and a spattering of ash sprays out a random pattern against the rigid form. It is 21 x 7.5 x 31 cm (8 x 3 x 12 inches) and is in excellent condition...

An antique Meiji Period two sectional tansu made from kiri wood with iron hardware. The top section has two large drawers. The bottom section has two medium size drawers and on the right side a door with lock. Behind the door are two smaller drawers. And below one small drawer.

It originates from the Yamagata tansu district of Japan in the Tohoku northern Japan region.

Date: Meiji (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 38"tall X 48"long X 18"deep

An antique Japanese Choba Tansu is made of kiri with iron hardware. The tansu has an upper large drawer. Below the drawer there is a sliding panel with one interior shelf. On the right side is 3 small drawers. The bottom section has two medium sized drawers and on the right side a door with lock. Behind the door are two small drawers with locks.

Date: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 30" long X 15.5 " deep X 30.5" tall

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Standing Jizo Bosatsu, the hands forming the gassho mudra of adoration, figuratively sculpted from a gray-brown igneous stone. Mid- to late-Edo Period ca. 1800. Minor old loss, most notably to the front-right edge of the base. Variegated lichen accumulation.

Height: 51 cm
Width: 27 cm
Depth: 21 cm
Packaged weight: 32 kg

A charming Jizo stone with good size and desirable old loss.

An antique Japanese two section isho tansu (chest on chest for clothing) made of kiri (paulownia) wood. The top and bottom section has two large drawers. Hardware is made of iron and includes round lock plates and square drawer pulls.

Date: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 44" tall X 34.5" long X 16.5" wide

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No chips or cracks.

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