Important pair of Taisho Period c. 1921 bronze zen buddhist temple lamps with lacquered wood stands. Inscribed on lamps is date and village of temple. Stands are older from Meiji Period C.1890. Inscribed are parishiners names. Great condition. Stands 31" x 18"; lamps 25" x 11". Ask for shipping quote.

A nicely painted fan painting of waterfall landscape by an unknown japanese artist to me, an old piece taken out of a real fan that was used

Antique fan painting on rice paper by various Japanese painters

Gorinto (5-tiered stupa) sculpted in one piece from a high-quality granite. Muromachi Period ca. 1500, possibly earlier. Excellent condition, with only very minor old loss. Variegated lichen accumulation.

Height: 45 cm
Width: 15 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Packaged weight: 17 kg.

An outstanding example of type. Highly collectible.

An incredible organic form, the delicate petals appearing to waft in some tide by Shingu Sayaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A closed bud on the side is lined with hundreds of tiny sharp needles in black. It is 8 x 5 x 4 inches (20 x 12 x 10 cm) and in excellent condition.
Shingu Sayaka was born in Osaka, the industrial and commercial heartland of central Japan, in 1979...

Kawase Hasui
Zaimoku Island, Matsushima
Date: 1930s.
Size: Approximately 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-26.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print
Condition: Excellent.
A rarely seen design.

Antique Japanese fireman's coat, cotton indigo dyed with sashiko stitching and freehand paste resist decoration (tsutsugaki). Design of Immortal God Kinko Sennon riding a giant carp.

Size: 46" W x 40" H

Antique Japanese cotton woven futon cover, dyed with a paste resist technique called Tsutsugaki on an indigo ground with the mythical creature Baku, devourer of dreams and nightmares and protector against evil. The Baku should not be summoned without caution, however, as ancient legends say that if he is not satisfied after consuming one's nightmares, he may instead devour their hopes and dreams.

Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Size: 64.5" x 53"

Kawase Hasui
Uchiyamashita, Okayama
Selection of Scenes of Japan (Nihon Fukei Senshu)
Date: 1923.
Size: Aiban. Approximately 12 x 9 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei #112.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning.

Antique Japanese two section Kannon Biraki tansu, made with Kiri (paulownia) wood, original red lacquer finish. The top section houses two large drawers behind a pair of double hinged doors. Decorations of iron hardware include a charming heart shaped lock within a single iron ring and strips of iron across the front of each door, with chrysanthemum shaped studs. The lower section also holds two drawers with iron locks, as well as a safe compartment in its bottom corner...

Stripes of vivid color define this very large pottery bowl by Watanabe Kunio enclosed in the original wooden box titled Iro-e Kin/Gin-Sai Sen Mon Hachi. It is 43 cm (17 inches) diameter and in excellent condition. Due to size the cost of shipping will be accrued separately.
The first time I saw this artists work I was blown away by the precision, skill and beauty inherent...

Seated Amida Buddha, the hands placed centrally on the lap in the Amida jo-in concentration mudra, sculpted in shallow relief from a brownly patinated blue-gray igneous or metamorphic stone, possibly schist. Muromachi/Momoyama Period ca. 1550. Excellent condition, with only very minor old loss.

Height: 37 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Packaged weight: 11 kg.

A charming pre-Edo Amida stone, sharply executed and in notably good condition.

Texture has been applied to joined silk panels intimating waves and frothing sea salt which has then been gilded with genuine silver by Imai Toshimitsu signed and dated 2000. Each panel is 67 x 183 cm (31 x 72 inches) and the screen is in excellent condition.
Toshimitsu Imai was born in Kyoto in 1928. After finishing school in 1948, he trained at the Tokyo State Art Academy. Throughout Imai's career his work was distinguished by an acute sensitivity to color...

Koshinto stupa comprising a standing six-armed Shomen-Kongo, the Siddham-script seed syllable symbolizing Shomen Kongo incised near the apex of the funagata-style mandorla, a full moon atop clouds at the upper left and a partially eclipsed sun at the upper right, with three seated wise monkeys (hear, see, speak no evil) underfoot and a chicken to either side, sculpted in relief from a purple-brown igneous stone. Mid- to late-Edo Period ca. 1800...

Amida Nyorai, the hands forming the Amida raigo-in mudra welcoming believers to the Western Paradise, constructed with the joined wood-block technique and finished in lacquer and gilt, the head backed by a round mandorla (Jp...

Height: 4.6 cm (1.8 in)
Width: 2.5 cm (1.0 in)
Depth: 2.3 cm (0.9 in)

Fine netsuke of two figures wrestling - one is an Oni; natural material; excellent detail; signed Mitsusada to the foot; good condition

Height: 10.5 cm (4.2 in)
Width: 8.5 cm (3.5 in)

Good Japanese Satsuma lidded koro; shows gilt bordered panels of Lohan in various domestic settings; fine diaper work throughout; signed; wear to finial; good condition

Torso fragment of a standing Fudo-Myo (Skt. Alacantha) sculpted from a single block of wood. Kamakura Period (see radiocarbon dating report, final photograph). Comes with custom-made stand, not shown in photographs.

Height: 42.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Depth: 9 cm

A sizable fragment with excellent presence.