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Edo p. Japanese Tatami Yoroi Armor
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Pre 1900 item# 934974 (stock# YOS2670)
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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
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Antique Japanese Ko-Bizen Kakehana Hanging Wall Vase
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Pre 1800 item# 933255 (stock# TCR2667)
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1,200.00
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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
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Antique Japanese Sencha Teapot, Fukuda Kodojin
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Pre 1920 item# 932826 (stock# MOR2659)
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3,000.00
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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
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Antique Japanese Gajo Book of Paintings, Kodojin
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Pre 1920 item# 932824 (stock# MOR2661)
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Alternating pages of paintings and calligraphy show the mastery of brush for which Kodojin is known. Elegant running cursive lines and strict crisp characters extol virtues between seasonal imagery. The scene of medaka fish is particularly compelling in its freshness and sense of life while the stark ancient pine is unmistakably Kodojin. The snail in soft color is quite an unusual scene signed with his poetic name Haritsu. The book is covered in sea blue satin with a signed dark blue sleeve ...click for details
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Suzuri Token Ink Stone, Aoki Mokube, Kodojin
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Pre 1900 item# 932821 (stock# MOR2660)
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2,700.00
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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
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Antique Japanese Sencha Gourd Tea Set, Kassui
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Pre 1900 item# 932377 (stock# MOR2657)
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1.450.00
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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
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