A very unusual digital camouflage tea cup by Kusaba Eight enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Saiji Neriage Kappu. It is 8 cm (just more than 3 inches) diameter,7.6 cm (3 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Kusaba Eight was born in Arita in 1982, son of the prodigal Kusaba Yuji, who bagan working the family kiln the year Eight turned 3. Eight as a personality is quite intense, and quick to smile. He quit school to join the Japanese Air Force...

A museum quality work by eclectic artist Kawamoto Goro, enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sometsuke Utagaki-mon Kabin. This eight-sided vessel is decorated with key frets framing the maw under which people frolic about a stream of crashing waves. From his mature period, it is 8 3/4 inches (22 cm) tall roughly the same diameter and in excellent condition.
Kawamoto Goro (1919-1986) was born in Seto to a family of potters...

An ultra-modern hanging vase in ivory white porcelain by Matsumura Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 34 cm (13-1/2 inches) long and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Matsumura Jun was born in Chiba Prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo in 1986. He graduated from the University of South Alabama in 2010, and graduated the Tajimi Municipal Ceramics Research Facility in 2015, then went on to the Utatsuyama Research Facility in Kanazawa, leaving there in 2018...

Artist's black signature not read
Lake Biwa
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Mashiko vase by Hamada Shoji, featuring his well-known iron-glazed sugar cane motif. The vase has a slender, cylindrical shape that narrows slightly at the neck before flaring out at the rim. The light, earthy glaze is typical of Hamada's work, giving it a warm, natural look.

The sugar cane motif, created with iron glaze, uses bold, flowing strokes to represent the leaves and stalks of the plant...

This antique Raku tea bowl has a beautiful, natural look typical of traditional Raku ware. Its surface features a rich mix of earthy reds, oranges, and soft greenish-gray hues, giving it a warm and inviting feel.
The glaze has a distinct crackle pattern that adds to the bowl's rustic charm. The bowl's shape is slightly irregular, reflecting the wabi-sabi philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection...

VAGINA STONE

Devotional supernatural stone as a vagina type of 'In-yo-seki' (Yin and Yang stone) based on Japanese phallic worship, stuck with a smoothened small stone at center which been touched and rubbed for long years. 4.5 x 4.5 x 8.8 cm (1.77 x 1.77 x 3.46in)...

Playable Antique Japanese Buddhist temple hanging lacquered drum. Gold and black lacquer with deer skin hide. Base is secure with four indepenent feet. A round gold gilt flaming archway ascends above the trum. Black lacquer over wood. With hand forged iron nails neatly holding down the tight skin.

Age: Meiji Period 19th Century

Dimensions: 55" high x 26" wide

(After) Hiroshige Ando
Fireworks at Ryogoku on the Sumida River
Date: Monday, May 9, 1938.
Size: 7.5 x 5.25 inches (19 x 13.5 cm).
Note: Menu for the passenger ship Katori Maru on the N.Y.K. Line.
Publisher: Likey Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carved blocks...

Top quality piece by Hamada Shinsaku with a rich persimmon (Kaki) glaze.

Dimensions:
Height: 8.3cm
Width: 13.5cm

Condition:
Unused, with a signed wooden box.

Born in 1929 as the second son of Hamada Shoji, Hamada Shinsaku continued the Mashiko pottery tradition. He worked closely with his father and took over the family kiln in Mashiko in 1978.

Shinsaku Hamada's pottery is internationally recognized and featured in many top museums...

This is absolutely rare:

A 16th century Momoyama Period Wa-Nari shaped Kuro Mino Chawan with a rounded brim and a 'wandering' lip, made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potter's knife in its lower part around the foot ring. A wonderful tong mark is still visible (please see picture number 3).

In the style of Kuro Oribe bowls this bowl was covered with a black glaze...

Takahashi Shotei
Shrine by the River
Date: 1930s. This edition early postwar.
Print size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's seal at lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to 7 x 4.75 inch original blank card.
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Condition: Excellent.

This is Aka Raku tea bowl from the Late Edo Period that has been repaired using the traditional Japanese kintsugi technique. The bowl has a warm, earthy color with a slightly irregular shape, typical of Raku ware. The surface features small speckles and a soft, smooth glaze with a gentle shine.

Thin, gold-colored lines from the kintsugi repair run vertically along the bowl...

TOOL OF DOLL'S HEAD CRAFTSMAN

Straw-made base sticking with such incomplete doll's heads during the making process as the professional tool of Japanese 'kashira-shi' (craftsman specializes in making doll's head). Showa period, 20th century...

Low Japanese rectangular table made of 100% hardwood. Very well made it strong joints and heavy wood. Dark warm tones.

Age: Mid Century 1950's

Dimensions: 59" Long x 35" wide x 13 1/3" high

A mirror image pair of Japanese Meiji Era bronze vases with a bird hovering over flowers on both sides, and foo lion handles. Signed on bottom, these have excellent detailing and very good weight to them. Measure 13.75 inches high.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Lake Chuzenji in Nikko
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu's Shinsei seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-121.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Asakusa Temple (Sensoji) Main Gate
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Round Takemura seal lower right.
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Title and Koitsu's Kiyoshi seal at left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-136.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.