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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 Pottery Plate by Eiraku Zengoro Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1900   item# 1101337 (stock# TCR3007)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 1,250.00  A fine pale ceramic dish, the center of the plate swelling like the Autumn moon, by Eiraku Zengoro XII decorated with a poem over autumn grasses signed on the reverse Baido (Asani Baido) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The dish is 8-3/4 (22.3 cm) diameter and is in perfect condition, stamped on the base Zengoro. The box is titled Kenzan Kashi-zara and signed within Zengoro-zo bearing two stamps, Eiraku (in black) and a second in red made illegible by the overlapping signature. Asa ...click for details

Antique Japanese Tea-ceremony Mizusashi by Imao Keinen Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920   item# 1099705 (stock# TCR3001)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A dragon gallivants about the white crackled surface of this bun-shaped Mizusashi hand painted by important Meiji period artist Imao Keinen enclosed in a signed wooden box. Like a wisp of smoke, the mythic beast floats in the air, whiskers flowing behind in the wind, his body a soft, semitransparent single stroke of gray ink. Color permeates the white crackled rim, adding to the affect and it comes with a black lacquered wooden lid. The vessel is 8-1/2 inches (21.5 cm) diameter. Aside from s ...click for details

Antique (Edo) Seto Japanese Lotus Leaf Plate Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1900   item# 1087412 (stock# TCR2974)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 780.00  Goma speckles and ash cover the top of this beautiful rolled lotus leaf dish dating from the later Edo (19th c.) enclosed in an old wooden box. The veins of the leaf stand out prominently on the back and underside. The bottom also shows charring and heat scorching in sharp contrast to the thick deposit of ash glaze on the top. The dish is 30 x 19.5 x 6 cm (12 x 8 x 2-1/2 inches). There are 2 old repairs to the edges, otherwise is in fine condition.

Antique Japanese Floral Oribe Andon Zara Oil Plate Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920   item# 1086492 (stock# TCR2968)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 300.00  A dark green oil plate dating from the Meiji period decorated with a design of kiku (chrysanthemum) in a field of Oribe green outside, with the underside in swipes of white. The dish is roughly 22 cm (8-1/2 inches) diameter and dating from the late Meiji or Taisho era. It is in fine condition. Older oil plates can be dated to the 1400s although these were most likely of brass or other metal and were for the exclusi ...click for details

2 Antique Japanese Iga Vases, Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920   item# 1077574 (stock# TCR2951)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 4,400.00  Raw, baked earth and crystalline green glaze like wet moss, Iga ceramics have long been highlypraised in Japan for their simplicity and natural beauty. Green glass clings to the side of this large Iga-yaki pot by Miyagawa Kozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 9 inches (22 cm) tall, 8 inches (20 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Also a second vase of the same ceramic style in an elongated form with a natural vine shaped handle. This vase is 12 inches (31 cm) tall, 4-1 ...click for details

Incredibly Rare Oni-no-Nenbutsu by Suwa Sozan I Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920   item# 1065401 (stock# TCR2913)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 POR  A fiendish look from a devil as he wanders the land dressed in the robes of a priest, a very rare work by important artist Suwa Sozan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box bearing the Teishitsu Gigei-in stamp. Unlike the devil of the west, who commands reign over all that is evil, the devils (for there are many) in Japan are often pitiable beings, or are capable of bestowing great blessings or reward to humans. The hollow core image is made of rough clay meticulously carved and partiall ...click for details

Set of Dishes in Box by Japanese Painter Hirai Baisen Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920   item# 1062236 (stock# MOR2898)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 950.00  A set of three dishes with blue decoration on white by Hirai Baisen (1889-1969) enclosed in a custom made kiri-wood box decorated by the artist and signed. Sanjo bridge disappears into the distance on one, and a pine stands out in the night on the moon shaped dish, with a man floating logs down the Hozu river from Kameoka on the third. The dishes are each uniquely shaped, roughly 17 cm (6-3/4 inches) in diameter and all in fine condition. The wooden box is painted with young pines, measuring 8 ...click for details

Antique Japanese Tokkuri by Tomioka Tessai Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1920   item# 1062006 (stock# TCR2895)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 1,400.00  Words are splashed in erratic dark letters across the pale-crackled Kyo-yaki glaze of this bottle by Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) enclosed in a fine shiho-kiri box signed Issai and titled Tessai Suiteki. A Suiteki is usually used to contain water for grinding and mixing ink. The Bottle is 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) tall and in perfect condition. Tomioka Tessai was a scholar artist trained from age seven in the traditiona ...click for details

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