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Edo p. Japanese Tatami Yoroi Armor

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Swords and Related: Pre 1900   item# 934974 (stock# YOS2670)

Edo p. Japanese Tatami Yoroi Armor
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Black lacquer laced with white leather makes for a striking presentation om this all matching collapsible armor dating from the Edo period. The helmet is a chochin kabuto with original locking bar. It features a hanpo mask and Do of rectangular plates with a belt of Kusazuri hanging from loops at the waist. The Shino chain mail of tight linked chain and splints is all matching on blue patterned hemp. Overall this set is very clean. The Maedate is later, and there has been a repair to the cl ...click for details


Antique Japanese Ko-Bizen Kakehana Hanging Wall Vase

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1800   item# 933255 (stock# TCR2667)

Antique Japanese Ko-Bizen Kakehana Hanging Wall Vase
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1,200.00 

An Edo period Kakehana Bizen wall sconce covered in black charring and goma ash deposits. From these blackened fields run rivers of dark green over the glassy shizen-yu ash glaze. The back is barren red clay, giving multiple facets to the piece, a pleasure to view and hold. There is a kiln stamp impressed into one side. From the back is seen a rich red brass ring for hanging. It is 5 inches (12 cm) long and in excellent condtion, enclosed in an antique wooden box titled Ko-Bizen Kakehana. B ...click for details


Antique Gourd belonging to Zen Priest Takeda Mokurai

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1920   item# 933079 (stock# MOR2662)

Antique Gourd belonging to Zen Priest Takeda Mokurai
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1,400.00 

A gourd formerly in the possession of Zen priest Takeda Mokurai enclosed in a kiri-wood box titled and signed by Mokurai, the former head of Kenninji. The gourd is titled Fukurokuju (God of Longevity) typically depicted with an elongated head. There is an ivory ring attached with silk chord, the ring typically worn securingthe shoulder of a priests robes. It is enclosed in an antique wooden box The gourd is roughly 1 foot (30 cm) long and in fine condition. Gourds were traditioaly used for c ...click for details


Antique Japanese Sencha Teapot, Fukuda Kodojin

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920   item# 932826 (stock# MOR2659)

Antique Japanese Sencha Teapot, Fukuda Kodojin
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3,000.00 

A dark clay sencha tea pot by Kyoto Potter Unrinan Hozan XVII engraved by Japanese Literati artist Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The inscriptions read Kyuko on one side (an old partnering) and opposite YuShin (literally: a new enjoyment) Is Kodojin telling us that he his friendship with Masahiro goes back far, but this is the first time he has worked in clay and he enjoyed the experience? A unique and intriguing piece, it is signed under the spout Kodo ...click for details


Suzuri Token Ink Stone, Aoki Mokube, Kodojin

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1900   item# 932821 (stock# MOR2660)

Suzuri Token Ink Stone, Aoki Mokube, Kodojin
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2,700.00 

Two ceramic ink grinding stones by Aoki Mokube, one of which features a rosewood lid, the other enclosed in a wooden box annotated by one of Japans most unusual scholar-artists Fukuda Kodojin. The first stone is covered in white glaze decorated with waves and frets in dark oxide. The other is covered in deeply crackled glassy green glaze. Each stone is stamped beneath Mokube and measures roughly 5 x 3-1/2 x 1 inches (12 x 9 x 2 cm). The rosewood lid of the light colored suzuri is cracked and ...click for details


Antique Japanese HP plate Set, Poetry by Fukuda Kodojin

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 932642 (stock# MOR2658)

Antique Japanese HP plate Set, Poetry by Fukuda Kodojin
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1,600.00 

A set of five small kashiki sweets dishes made of a paper, each with a unique poem signed Haritsu (poetry name of Fukuda Kodojin) enclosed in an old wooden box. These were likely brushed in commemoration of some event at which the artist attended. Gassaku such as this were often created on the spot in celebration of an event or literati gathering. Each dish is just less than 4 inches (9.5 cm) square and in excellent condition. Kodojin (1865-1944) was a true scholar, and represents a forgotten ...click for details


Antique Japanese Sencha Gourd Tea Set, Kassui

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Tea Articles: Pre 1900   item# 932377 (stock# MOR2657)

Antique Japanese Sencha Gourd Tea Set, Kassui
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1.450.00 

A very unusual set of Sencha (Chinese style thin tea) pots with lids all carved from gourds dating from the 19th century, each uniquely signed Kassui in reddish lacquer. The set consists of: one large teapot, one small teapot, two lidded pouring pots, one open basin and one tall thin tea pot. The large tea pot is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, the small lidded pots roughly 2 inches (5 cm) tall and the thin pot is 4 inches (10.5 cm) tall. The cooling pot is 4-1/4 inches (11 cm) diameter, and the s ...click for details


Japanese Pottery Bowl by Daimaru Hokuho & Domoto Insho

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920   item# 931256 (stock# TCR2655)

Japanese Pottery Bowl by Daimaru Hokuho & Domoto Insho
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1,850.00 

A Gohon fawn spotted bowl by Daimaru Hokuho with cobalt floral decoration of Ajisai (hydrangea) in soft blue by Domoto Insho enclosed in the original wooden box signed by Insho and dated 1923. The drawing of the rainy season flower by Insho compliments the bowl well, the delineation of the earth colored spots perfect and likened to raindrops on a puddle. The bowl is 6-1/4 inches (16 cm) diameter, 3 inches (7.5 cm) tall and in perfect condition, signed by Insho on the side and stamped on the ba ...click for details


Meiji Japanese Exhibition Scroll, Lion by Okamoto Hosui

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 929675 (stock# ALR2651)

Meiji Japanese Exhibition Scroll, Lion by Okamoto Hosui
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1,780.00 

A lion pads onto the silk canvas of this Meiji period watercolor and pigment painting by Okamoto Hosui dated 1901. The scene is wrapped in a gray satin border patterned with florals and geometric dials, enhancing the exotic imagery. It is 39-1/2 x 80 inches (100.5 x 203 cm) and in fine condition. Judging by the unusual size and genre, it is likely an exhibition work from that period. Okamoto Hosui (Fujitaro) was born in Nara in 1879. He studied painting under Hirai Chokusui, and later Kikuc ...click for details


Samurai and Dragon, Mythic Japanese Screen by Chokusen

Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 929644 (stock# ANR2649)

Samurai and Dragon, Mythic Japanese Screen by Chokusen
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3,200.00 

Taira Tsunemasa charming a dragon with his lute signed Chokusen (Kichi Jiro, b 1878), a Kyoto artist and student of Kono Bairei. The scene is in reference to an event which took place during the Heikei wars in 1183, on the night of the 18th moon. Taira no Tsunemasa, on his way North to battle, stopped at Chikubushima in Omi to pray at the shrine. As it was late, he decided to stay the night at the shrine, and took up his lute with a sorrowful tune. The Guardian deity of the shrine was so moved b ...click for details

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