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Antique Japanese Chato Wooden Doctors Sword Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1920 item# 964574 (stock# MOR2751)
click for details		The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 2,200.00
An unusual chato (tea room sword) in the shape of a broken bamboo pole carved with poetry on one side and signed kansaiŠ°Æ. Twigs form the rings for suspending the tie strings and the menuki. The simulated Kozuka (knife) can be removed to expose a double compartment for stamp ink and storage. Between the handle and the menuki is an inkwell, which would have contained cotton soaked with ink, and it is likely a brush would have been once contained in the scabbard. The piece is 16-1/2 inches ( ...click for details

Antique Japanese Chato Wooden Doctors Sword, Octopus Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1920 item# 964322 (stock# MOR2752)
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An unusual chato (tea room sword) in the shape of an octopus, its 8 legs stretched out in uniform with one curled back exposing the suckers. Eyes are intimated on one side, with an old chip where the breathing hole is opposite. About the neck is wrapped a faded silk chord. It is 22 inches (56 cm) long. 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). During the Edo it is true that ...click for details

Antique Japanese Scholars Gourd Flask in Box Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1920 item# 963810 (stock# MOR2749)
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A large gourd in the shape of a stone bound by silk chord and enclosed in a period custom made wooden box; the shape reminiscent of the stone used to block a garden path in the tea ceremony. A dark wooden bung shaped like clouds of smoke ries from the top, cinched tightly by the silk chord. Gourds were traditionally used to carry water, and have long had an association with both Zen and the literati movements. It is 5 inches (12.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condtion. This is from a collec ...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)
click for details		The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 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

Nara p. Japanese Suzuri Ink Stone carved from Roof Tile Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre AD 1000 item# 811023 (stock# MOR2422)
click for details		The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 800.00
A suzuri ink grinding stone, the basin sculpted from an ancient Kawara roof tile decorated with the remnants of painted vines. It is roughly 10 x 8 inches (25 x 20 cm). The roof tile is from the Nara to early Heian period. The cloth backing marks on the inside show this to be of Japanese origin.

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