An incredible O-buri (large) Tea bowl by Shino legend Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manyosai Chawan. The pinks in this bowl are unbelievable, divided by flowing olive colors. It is definitely top shelf, a museum quality piece. It is 13.5 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter, 9 cm (3-1/2 inches tall and in perfect condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics. Although initially entering regular employment upon gr...

A long slab dish with a slot for a knife by Kato Tsubusa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Pochon Chozara. This dish was exhibited at his first solo exhibition in the early 1980s. It is 46 x 2 x 5.5 cm (18 x 8 x 2 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer.
Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi city, the home of Shino, in 1962, graduating the municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979. From then to 1983 he worked as a decorator at the Ot...

Su-ana pinholes dot the surface of this large Mizusashi fresh water Jar covered in red and quite glaze by Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shino Mizusashi. This is a perfect example of the style which propelled this artist to stardom. The heavy form is a classical representative of the aesthetic, and retains the original ceramic lid. It is 22.5 cm (9 inches) diameter, 18 cm (7 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of t...

A rough architectural form like some faltering old concrete structure falling to degradation by Fujimoto Hide enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shigaraki Ko-ro Hanaike (Two Storied Structural Vase). It is 12.5 cm (5 inches) square, 22.5 cm (9 inches) tall and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Fujimoto Hide was born in the heart of Shigaraki in 1954, and was fascinated with the medium from a very young age. He worked in several potteries and industrial positi...

Maekake (apron) remade from sakiori cloth, whose warps are hemp and wefts are cotton strips of vegetable indigo dye cotton. The frame cloth is also vegetable indigo dye cotton. 20th century. W:79cm, L:58cm, Cords:80cm

Cotton fragments with shima (stripes) mounted on washi, which are mostly hand-spun and vegetable dye. It is made by "Tango Kodai Orifu Gijutsu Hozonkai", Tango Association for the Preservation of the Ancient Textile Weaving Techniques. Each sheet has 18 fragments, which are woven in the first half of the 20th century or earlier. W:18.5cm, L:25.5cm

A pair of daisho iron tsuba of yatsu-mokko-gata (eight lobed) form. Sukashi motif of fans and gingko leaves (an interesting combination of similar shapes). Some chiseled texturing of the surfaces of the gingko leaves. Edo period, circa 1700. Good, serviceable condition with a few interrupted fan ribs on the larger. It is about 3 1/8 inches diameter. The smaller is about 2 7/8 inches diameter.

Chinese late Ming dynasty porcelain bowl with a slightly flared rim decorated around the exterior in underglaze blue with six Sanskrit characters, each above a flower, set against a blue-gray tinted white porcelain ground. Several blue rings encircle both the rim and foot. A circular panel in the well holds another Sanskrit character above a flower. Likely 17th century. 5 3/4” diameter x about 2 1/2" high. Good overall condition. There are losses to the foot ring, perhaps caused by removal...

Two Chinese Ming dynasty jarlets decorated in underglaze blue on a white porcelain ground with lotus flowers and scrolling foliage. Unglazed bases. 2 3/4" diameter x 2" - 2 1/8" high each. Circa 1500. Very good overall condition. From the estate of a former American expatriate to Hong Kong and China in the 1970s and 1980s.

Pojagi made of fragments which are mainly ramie, some fragments with hand-plied warps and wefts, and some fragments with machine plied warps and wefts. Fuchsia pink fragments are cotton. The frame cloth is figured silk. Generally, in good condition. The second half of the 20th century. W:100cm, L:103cm, Belts:37cm

Cotton futonji with beautiful tsutsugaki (glue resist dyeing) with motifs such as sparrow, turtle, butterfly, grapes etc., which is made of hand-spun cotton. It is dyed with vegetable indigo and colored with pigments. 19th century. In excellent condition. W:32.5cm, L:180cm 　

A fabulous, slightly closed bowl perfect for winter tea in igneous black glaze by Ohmae Satoru enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kuro Chawan. It is 11,5 cm (4-1/2 inches) diameter, 9 cm (3-1/2 inches) tall and in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer.
Ohmae Satoru was born in Osaka in 1972. He began decorating Kenzan style pottery in Kobe in 1991 with his brother. It was in 1994 he began making Nanban style unglazed pottery. His first solo exhibition was ...

A dramatic deeply fissured Toban platter by Kato Tsubusa fired in an Anagama kiln enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 35 x 35.5 x 3.5 cm (14 x 14 x 2-1/2 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer.
Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi city, the home of Shino, in 1962, graduating the municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979. From then to 1983 he worked as a decorator at the Otai Kiln moving out on his own in 1984. In 2007 he was selected...

A massive stone-like sculptural vessel by Hagi legend Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Hai-yu Kuri-nuki Kaki. It is 49 x 22.5 x 31 cm (19-1/2 x 9 x 12 inches) and is in perfect condition weighing 14 kg (roughly 31 pounds) excluding the wooden box.
Kaneta Masanao is certainly one of Hagi’s most well-known and easily identifiable names. Born the first son of Kaneta Sanzaemon, the 7th generation of a family of traditional Hagi potters in 1953, he gradua...

Gray clouds over vivid flame red draped over thick white glaze on this igneous work by Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Nezumi Shino Hana-ike. It is 27.5 cm (11 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics. Although initially entering regular employment upon graduating high school, in 1967 he returned to Toki city to help his brother Kotaro. Very quickly within him was born the...

A fine pair of Chosho school maurugata form iron daisho tsuba. Sukashi work depicting blossoms on budding prunus branches. Strongly and well carved decoration. Edo period, 18th century. Good condition, with the nakago-ana filed larger at some point. Larger, 3 1/8 diameter. Smaller, 2 7/8 by 2 13/16 inches.

Japanese Jubako—traditional stacked lacquerware food boxes—represent not only a high level of culinary refinement, but also demonstrate the importance the Japanese place on food culture in general. These elegantly tiered containers, often adorned with intricate designs and vibrant colors, are integral to the presentation of meals on special occasions such as New Year’s celebrations and formal picnics. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, Jubako boxes like those featured...

Exquisitely painted willow branches (yanagi) on a background of jet-black traditional lacquer; this exquisite functional art object appeals not only to practitioners of the ancient art of tea ceremony but also to those who admire beauty and artistic accomplishment in all its forms.

The craftsman, 3rd generation Kawase Hyokan (b. 1964) was born in San Francisco in the US but was raised and taught the traditional craft of lacquer-work in Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan...