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I would like to apologize to all, we have been working on the Tohoku relief effort and have not been focused 100 percent on web sales. Many emails and packages have been delayed, we are doing our best to manage both. Your patience and understanding through the crisis have been sincerely appreciated. November 22 2011 Robert is in the earthquake/tsunami affected region and will be only sporadically available to answer emails through December 3rd. Your patience is appreciated. For more on their activities see http://www.idrojapan.org

Robert Mangold has been working with Japanese antiques since 1995 with an emphasis on ceramics, Paintings, Armour and Buddhist furniture.

Antique Japanese Signed Bamboo Carving, Fish Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1920   item# 1120487 (stock# MOR3073)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 700.00  A chikkon (bamboo mingei carving) of a dried fish signed Ippu-saku (made by Ippu) enclosed in a kiri-wood box dating from the first part of the 20th century. The carving makes expert use of the root area and twisted stalk of the bamboo, nodules visible about the belly and at the end of the tail. The eyes are inlayed stone. It is 21 cm (8-1/4 inches) long and in fine condition.

Antique Japanese Chato Wooden Doctors Sword Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1920   item# 1120159 (stock# MOR3072)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A unique hardwood bokuto Tanto sword which, when drawn, reveals an interior compartment made to carry a chashaku tea scoop. The saya (scabbard) appears to be carved of Tochi, a highly prized domestic wood known for the mottling in the grain. The handle looks to be Keyaki (Zelkova), a very hardwood resembling Elm. The fittings are of bone or horn, with an ivory button imitating the pin which secured the blade to the handle. Inside the compartment is a bamboo tea spoon. It is 16 inches (40 cm ...click for details

Antique Japanese Sagemono Bokuto Wooden Doctors Sword Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 1119891 (stock# MOR3071)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  An unusual decorative wooden sword (tea room sword) carved of hardwood in the shape of a dried fish signed on the belly pierced and wrapped with a faded silk chord. An excellent example of the genre it is 13-1/2 inches (34 cm) long and in fine condition. It is said that these wooden swords were produced from the mid to late Edo period, in lieu of swords for those not allowed to carry weapons (all but samurai). D ...click for details

Antique Japanese Bone Netsuke, Hotei Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 1119872 (stock# MOR3070)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 395.00  A tiny mingei image of the god of fortune Hotei carved from what appears to my untrained eye to be bone, possibly Stag-horn. He squats, grinning up at the sky, his ubiquitous sack voluminous behind. Through the back and down through the bottom is bored a hole for the string. The figure is 1-1/2 inches (4 cm) tall and likely dates from the 19th century (Late Edo to Meiji). These are not modern reproductions, but genuine antique Japanese Netsuke coming from Kyoto. ...click for details

Antique Japanese Boxwood Netsuke, Demon Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1920   item# 1119867 (stock# MOR3069)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you  A tiny devil runs on hollowed clouds, clutching a go-rin-no-to stupa in his hands as he makes his escape. A playful and unique image, the piece is expertly carved, the clouds below his feet entirely hollowed out. The musculature and bones in the back are well defined, as is the hair on his animal skin skirt. Wear typicalofage but no damage. It is 1-3/4 inches (4.5 cm) tall and in fine condition likely dating from the later 19th century (Meiji).

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