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As many may know we at The Kura have been heavily involved in the relief effort in Tohoku following the 2011, March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami which killed at least 26,000 people, and left hundreds of thousands homeless. During this last year we have neglected the website, and inconvenienced many with delays in service. Please know it was not without good reason, and your patience and understanding through this difficult time for Japan has been very much appreciated. For more on our efforts please see http://www.idrojapan.org After this first year anniversary we are now looking forward to getting back to the business of collection building, and look forward to working with you again in 2012 Sincerely: Robert Mangold Owner, The Kura Director, International Disaster Relief Organization

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

Antique Japanese Fusuma, Sencha Items by Murata Kokoku Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1109109 (stock# ANR3045)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 4,400.00  Four ink on paper paintings of scholarly green tea items by Murata Kokoku mounted on age darkened silver opposite sheer white paper clouded with gold flake. Antique Handles on both sides, the sliver side of dark orbs containing a crescent moon in gold. Each door is 28-1/2 x 68-1/2 inches (73 x 174 cm) made for an opening roughly 68 x 112 inches (172.5 x 284.5 cm). Murata Kokoku (1831-1912) a staunch supporter of the Literati movement and well known artist/poet who taught at the Kyoto Prefectu ...click for details

Antique Japanese Zen Scroll, Shoun (Sohan Gempo) Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1108959 (stock# ALR3042)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold  In honor of the opening of the Riva Lee Asbel Collection at the Morikami, a sack containing the two calligraphy characters Kan-Nin with epitaph above by Zen Priest Shoun (Sohan Gempo) the former head of Daitokukji. The work is performed with ink on silk in a silk border enclosed in a kiri-wood box. Kannin is a combination of Patience and forbearance. This sack is loaded full, and the strings of the Kannin-bukuro are thick and firm, (the Japanese use the expression the strings of the Kannin Bu ...click for details

Hermitage in the Plum Forest, Japanese Screen by Shoun Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1107696 (stock# ANR3029)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 3,000.00  A hermitage lost in the early blossoms of the plum forest, ink and light color inside a wide gold border typical of the Taisho era by Akashi Shoun (b. 1867). The scene wants to draw one into its environs, the warm colored table loaded with brushes inviting the viewer to share tea and brush a verse. Outside the promise of Spring speaks of warm days to come, and a reawakening of the dream world envisaged. The screen measures 68 x 149 inches (172.5 x 378 cm) and is in fine condition. ...click for details

Massive Taisho p. Plum Scroll by Suzuki Keisho Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1106170 (stock# ALR3020)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 1,300.00  A plum grows rampant in the garden, its white flowers harkening the approach of spring. Ink on paper dating circa 1910 framed in a blue patterned brocade border with large rosewood rollers. The scroll is huge, 44-1/2 x 94 inches (113.5 x 238 cm) and is in fine condition. There is no box. My apologies forthe brightness in thecenter rom the flash, the paper color is actually even across. Suzuki Keisho was born in U ...click for details

Hawk in Pine, Taisho p. Scroll by Suzuki Keisho Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1106163 (stock# ALR3019)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 POR  A hawk in the late Kano style glares down from the ragged heights of a barren tree, the sky dark beyond in this fine painting by Suzuki Keisho. Ink and light color on silk enclosed in the original signed box dated 1913. The painting is framed in the Mincho style popular in the later Meiji, lavender-gray satin border with copper piping and large rosewood rollers. It is 40 inches x 7 feet (101.5 x 214 cm) and in fine condition. ...click for details

Egrets in Cedar, Taisho p. Scroll by Suzuki Keisho Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1106162 (stock# ALR3018)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 2,850.00  A pair of egrets, radical plumage blowing in the wind, huddle in the lea of a cedar, the white orb of winter’s moon rising below by Suzuki Keisho. Ink and light color on silk dating circa 1910 enclosed in a blue patterned brocade border with large bone rollers. The scroll is quite large, 33-1/2 x 94 inches (85 x 238 cm) and is in fine condition. There is no box. Suzuki Keisho was born in Utsunomiya city. He stu ...click for details

Important Meiji Scroll, “Reijin” by Kikuchi Keigetsu Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1101879 (stock# ALR3010 )  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 POR  A stately Bijin stands in aristocratic Nara-era costume before faintly brushed trees in this quiet scene by Kikuchi Keigetsu (1879-1955) enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Reijin in-turn enclosed in a red lacquered Nijubako box. Pigment and light color on silk framed in olive patterned silk with pale piping in the Mincho style popular during the Meiji, and featuring unusually fine black lacquered wooden rollers. The scroll measures 22-1/2 x 73 inches (65 x 185 cm) and is in fine ...click for details

Meiji p. Scroll, Monkey in Cedar by Okutani Shuseki Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1101855 (stock# ALR3009)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 POR  A monkey snarls from the lower branch of a massive cedar in this museum quality ink and light color on silk painting dated 1902 by important Meiji artist Okutani Shuseki. The scene is dominated by the power of the tree, so large it does not fir on the wide canvas. Tucked safely into the branches the Macaque glares down, the snarling face and graduated color of the fur meticulously painted. It is bordered in purple silk and comes enclosed in a signed wooden box. The scroll measures 41 x 93 in ...click for details

Ducks, Painting by Hirafuku Hyakusui Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1081497 (stock# ANR2960)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold  Ducks snuggled into their warm down, blotches of color as if seen through the water washed glass of a window by Hirafuku Hyakusui. Watercolor on satin in a fine brocade mounting with gold rippled pattern extended in patterned beige and featuring ivory rollers. It comes in a box annotated by Hirafuku Ichiro. The scroll is 48.5 x 204 cm and is in fine condition but for faint foxing in the lower extremities. A very unusual work by this varied artist. Hirafuku Hyakusui (1877-1933) was born ...click for details

Sudden Squall by Yuki Somei, Museum Quality Painting Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920   item# 1081049 (stock# ANR2959)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 POR  An intricately brushed scene of two figures dashing through the rain in a delicately brushed forest; a masterpiece by Yuki Somei (1875-1957) enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Niwaka Ame (sudden squall). Ink and light color on silk in a superb brocade mounting terminating in huge ivory rollers. The scroll measures 64.5 x 230 cm and is in fine condition. Yuki Somei was born Morita Sadamatsu in Tokyo, ...click for details

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