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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.

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Modern Japanese Bronze Vase Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 1110166 (stock# MBR3053)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A superb bronze vase with silver plate design enclosed in the original wooden box and stamped on the base by the artsit. The vessel is 11-1/2 inches (30 cm) tall and in excellent condition 18th century Japanese Samurai Battle Screen, Taiheiki Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1800   item# 1108605 (stock# ANR3041)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Heavy pigment on thickly veined gold creates a powerful collection of scenes from the Taiheiki, the 11th century story of the fall of the courtiers and usurpation of power by two military families, the Taira and the Genji. The screen dates to the 18th century, or middle Edo period. Many old repairs attest to age. We have had it completely remounted, with no painting restoration performed. On the left the famous scene of shooting a fan from horseback from the battle of Yajima. Center two famo ...click for details Antique Hand Painted Imperial Dish Set, Hyakunen Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1910   item# 1108326 (stock# TCR3039)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A set of five Meiji period dishes hand painted by Suzuki Hyakunen in commemoration of the Gosho-Nai Dai-Hakurankai (Exposition in the Imperial Palace, Kyoto) stamped on the underside with the event name and each individually signed by the artist. The literati scenes include a scholar contemplating a waterfall, Mountain retreat lost in rugged hills, sails on the lake, traveler in the hills and horses on the lakeshore under weeping willows. A beautiful and very rare set, each dish is roughly 4-1 ...click for details Chawan Tea Bowl, Cold Mountain Poem, Zen Priest Deiryu Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 1108155 (stock# TCR3036)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Light strokes of wisdom and peace decorate this pale Chawan by Zen Priest Kutsu Deiryu enclosed in a period wooden box. The clay is very light, low fired with a heavily crackled pale glaze over which the artist has written a verse in Kanbun poetry taken from his interpretation of the Kanzanshi poetry anthology. The bowl is 5-1/4 inches (13.5 cm) diameter, 3-1/4 inches (8 cm) tall and in fine condition, stamped Uchide on the base. The poem is popular in Zen circles, the first line often seen o ...click for details Daruma by Japanese Zen Priest Seki Seisetsu Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1950   item# 1107886 (stock# ALR3034)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you  Who will win this game of Niramekko (staring contest)? Not to be distracted by the flapping wings of the dragonfly, the Daruma stares blankly ahead in this ink and light color on silk painting in a brown silk border featuring bamboo rollers. The Daruma image is by Seisetsu, the calligraphy poem by Sugimura Sojinkan (1874-1945). The scroll measures 46 x 119 cm (18 x 47 inches) and is in fine condition but for some minor damage to the upper left edge of the border. A crab painting and calligra ...click for details Zen Priest Seki Seisetsu Calligraphy Scroll, Enso Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 1107883 (stock# ALR3031)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  In honor of the opening of the Riva Lee Asbel Collection at the Morikami. A perfect one stroke circle in dark ink by Seki Seisetsu. Ink on paper with copper silk border extended with beige and featuring bamboo rollers. The scroll is 17 x 49-1/2 inches (42.5 x 125.5 cm) and in fine condition but for some minor wrinkles. Seki Seisetsu (1877-1945) was the head priest of Tenryuji and a prolific painter and calligra ...click for details Snail and Poem, Fine Tea Scroll by Imai Keiju Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 1107694 (stock# ALR3028)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A snail crawls slowly toward the scrawling gold lines of this tea room scroll by Imai Keiju enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is performed with ink and gold on paper in a crushed paper border with bamboo rollers befitting the humble confines of the tea room. The scroll measures 18-1/2 by 43-1/2 inches (46.5 x 110 cm) and is in fine condition. Imai Keiju (1891-1967) was born and lived his life in Kans ...click for details Calligraphy by Japanese Zen Priest Shibayama Zenkei Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 1107693 (stock# ALR3027)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  In honor of the opening of the Riva Lee Asbel Collection at the Morikami a calligraphy work by Shibayama Zenkei. The calligraphy reads Utsuru Chiku In Sei Fu. The Bamboo moves, Pulling the Pure Wind (like the strings of a harp). The scroll measures 17-1/2 x 78-1/2 inches (44 cm x 2 meters) and is in fine condition but for some minor scattered spotting. A very hard to find artist. Shibayama Zenkei (1894-1974) was ...click for details Antique Japanese Lacquer Writing Box, Suzuri-Bako Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1940   item# 1103675 (stock# MOR3013)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A fine cinnabar lacquered suzuri bako likely dating from the 1920s or 30s embellished outside with a mythic creature in clouds, inside with a golden poem on silver. Very elegant, this is a superb work of art steeped in the richest traditions of Japanese design. The inside of the box and lid is signed Sanzo. Probably an artist of the Zohiko studio. Outside the lid is signed Shuen, so it is a joint work by two artists. It has never been used, enclosed in the original signed wooden box. On the l ...click for details Antique 10 dish Set by Various Artists, Chikusai, Bunto Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1930   item# 1101140 (stock# TCR3006)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A set of 10 early 20th century ceramic plates depicting 10 unique views of Kyoto hand painted and signed by famous members of that city’s art circles including Hayashi Bunto (1882-1966), Yamashita Chikusai (1884-1973), Uenaka Chokusai (1885-1977), Miwa Chosei (1901-1983), Yamaguchi Kayo (1899-1984), Sakakura Seiko (1895-1964), Matsumoto Ichiyo (1893-1952), Kondo Koichiro (1884-1962) and two others whose signatures we have been unable to decode. As Kondo Koichiro moved to Kyoto following the Gr ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  20  30  40  50  67