This is a Japanese antique indigo dye silk katazome child kimono of Edo to Meiji era.( 1800-1911) There are very minor stains and small holes.It is in very good condition. Size::Length:76cm ( 29.9inch) Cuff to cuff, across the back: 78cm ( 30.7inch)

Ivory okimono from the Tokyo school, depicting a character holding a rooster in his hands, while gently stroking its wattles. Signed Masakazu under the base with a Shin seal. Period: Meiji, late 19th century. Dimensions: 29.5 x 10.5 x 7 cm. Condition: Excellent.

Wonderful distorted grey shoe shaped (kutsugata) Shino-Oribe Chawan made of light, fine, unrefined Mino clay. Shape and style make it appear contemporary with the late Oribe bowls. The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical feldspatic Shino over an iron oxide based engobe.

It was made in the early stage of the Edo Period (1603-1868). Clay and rough glaze with some large pin holes indicate a rather early manufacturing date and firing in an anagama...

This a rare silk summer hand yuzen dyed ro kimono is original from the taisyo period(1911-1923). There are some stains, but they are not noticeable. it is in very good condition. Recommended for your collection. Size:Length:150cm(59inch) / Cuff to cuff, across the back: 128cm(50.3inch)

This is a Japanese antique Boro textile old indigo dye soft hemp patched. It has been washed in water. Size::Length::203cm (79.9inch) / Width::102cm (40.1inch)

Hemp bag with age, Meiji 24 (1892) and the owner's name, Sahiko (佐彦）、whose warps and wefts are hand-plied. It has very well-done mending and reinforcement stitches, and also a mending patch. It has letters "25 sheets", but it is not clear what was put in. It is from Niigata prefecture. In good condition. W:29.5cm, L:52cm

Han-juban (short under kimono) made of handspun cotton with shibori (tie-dye), which is ai-gaeshi Miura Shibori. Ai-gaeshi is dyeing twice with indigo. Both sleeves are removed. In good condition, but some brownish stains around neck in spite it is washed. Late 19th to early 20th century. W:62cm, L:72cm

A boxwood okimono depicting a group of monkeys climbing a rock trying to escape the tentacles of an octopus. Signed Jigaku under the base. Period: Meiji late 19th century Dimensions: 20.6 x 10.3 x 10.2 cm Condition: Excellent. There are some natural grains in the wood.

A bag made of handspun cotton and dyed with vegetable indigo. It has a chain-stitched shop's name and its logo. It is for coins, which were used mostly in general before the Japanese banknote was issued in Meiji period. It has two layers of cloth and the bottom part has mending. 19th century. W:29cm, L:74cm

UNFINISHED DOLLS

Various core parts of dolls made of toso (paste made from paulownia sawdust used in traditional Japanese doll-making), Showa period, 20th century, Biggest one: L 20 cm (7.87in)...

Small chaire tea caddy, made of ceramic, for use in the tea ceremony during the colder months of the year. Bulbous body with short, everting neck and wavy mouth. Matching cover...

MYSTERY OF SEA

Early Japanese Western oil painting on cardboard canvas, by Teruhiko Shigyo (1890-1964), Kurume, Fukuoka, early-mid 20th century, 33 x 24 x 0.3 cm (12.99 x 9.44 x 0.11in)...

A fabulous carved wood image of the fearsome Shishi Lion with glass eyes dating from the Meiji period signed Kazumoto-to (Carved by Kazumoto). It is 35.5 cm x 26 cm x 27 cm (14 x 10-1/2 x 11 inches). There are a few chips in the curly mane and tail and some cracks typical of age along the grain in the base.

A spectacular bold statement in burnt straw and raw clay by Master of the genre Yamashita Joji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Bizen Hidasuki Hirokuchi Hanaire. Slightly elongated with four somewhat flattened sides, each is a unique perspective. It is roughly 35 cm (14 inches) diameter, 38 cm (15 inches) tall and weighs 8.2 Kg (18 pounds). It is in perfect condition.
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Yamashita Joji (b...

Eagle Perched on a Cliff
Artist: Not Known. Variously attributed to Koson or Koho.
Date: ca 1930s.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Size: Approximately 8.5 x 3.75 inches
Provenance: The Robert O. Muller Estate.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Original white kento mark at the lower right corner.

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
Morinji in Spring
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Date: 1951. This edition later.
Impressed block signature.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition. Back has one piece of tape and one spot where the paper is slightly thinner.

Plovers soar over strips of white and gray along the jagged edge of a green pool on this elongated Oribe slab platter on four raised feet by Kato Kuniya enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Oribe O-zara. It displays much of the most notable aspects of Mino ware, from the rough white clay torn and scarred, the rich green of Oribe copper, and the snow-white and gray and of Shino and Nezumi Shino wares. It is 65 x 28.5 x 10 cm (25-1/2 x 11 x 4 inches) and is in perfect condition...

A playful sculpture by Nakashima Harumi, the bulbous white bubbles covered in blue and silver dots enclosed in a rare signed wooden box decorated with an image of the piece and titled Zawazawa Suru Katachi. It is 34 x 24 x 24 cm (13-1/2 x 10 x 10 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Nakashima Harumi was born in Gifu prefecture, home of a long ceramic tradition, in 1950. He stidied at the Osaka University of Art and Design, graduating advanced studies there in 1973...