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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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Kenzan Style Makuzu Kashiwan Bowl by Miyagawa Kozan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 666119 (stock# TCR2159)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Plum grows up blossoming about the cut through rim of this proud Kenzan style bowl by Meiji artist Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The Bowl is expertly crafted, all edges perfectly rounded and decorated in the traditional Kyoto style. It is 7 inches (17 cm) diameter, 3-1/2 inches (8.5 cm) tall and in perfect condition. The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by ...click for details Taisho Japanese Rising Sun and Waves Scroll, Kanzan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1930   item# 665799 (stock# ALR2156)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Crashing blue waves thrash under a faint red sun emerging from mornings mist on this antique scroll dated Taisho 11 (1923) enclosed in the original wooden box signed Kanzan. The silk canvas is bordered in copper brocade ending with large bone rollers. The Scroll is 26 by 85 inches (65 x 216 cm) and in good condition. It is likely the work of Tago Saichiro, a Nagano artist born in 1876 tutored under the watchful eye of one of the Meiji Greats, Shimomura Kanzan. Antique Japanese Edo p. Mingei Oribe Oil Dish Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900   item# 665162 (stock# TCR2153)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you  Oribe Green runs in a curtain over the pale yellow glaze of this Edo period andon-zara oil dish. It is unglazed on bottom, measuring 8 inches (20 cm) diameter and in excellent condition, enclosed in a custom kiri-wood box. Antique Japanese Buddhist Scroll, Funky Dragon Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 665100 (stock# ALR2152)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A humorous looking dragon twists up the paper canvas, eyes on the prize, a tama or Buddhist jewel underlying a dramatically written inscription. What is extraordinary is that the dragons scaled body is performed with a single stroke of the brush! Over this has been added a shadow for the back, and embellishment of the head. It is signed Fujiki Shuchokusai, and comes enclosed in the original signed and age darkened wooden box. Bordered with patterned green silk extended with beige and featuri ...click for details Important Zen Priest Nakahara Nantenbo Bo-Ga Sake Cup Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 663193 (stock# TCR2148)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A Karatsu style shuhai sake cup with cream glaze decorated inside and out by the Zen Priest Nakahara Nantenbo, a priest who was instrumental in reviving the Zen tradition in the beginning of the 20th century. Circling the circumference is a seven character inscription, the first six reading Kaisei Fugetsu O Kan, the last we have not been able to read. Written inside is an image of the priests infamous staff from which he derived his name, and in large characters NANTENBO, written by a 65 Year ...click for details Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl by Zen Priest Yamada Mumon Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 662897 (stock# TCR2147)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Gold characters by important 20th century Zen Priest Yamada Mumon (1900-1988) decorate the oily-blue glaze of this hira-chawan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Written upon the piece is Ki-Ho, Joy in the Law (of Buddha)followed by the Holy mans signature. A fine phrase for the tea room, with its roots in buddhist doctrine. The box is marked Taraku-Zo (made by Hara Taraku of Kyoto, a proponent of Kiyomizu Yaki). That is also impressed into the base, and can be seen in the fifth pho ...click for details Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl by Zen Priest Matsuyama Gozan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 662883 (stock# TCR2146)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you  A deep Hagi bowl decorated with the phrase Sei-Ei by Daitokuji priest Matsuyama Gozan; Sei-Ei means, Advance Purely. Coloration of the glaze is excellent, with a fien mottling of pale earth tones, soft grays and lavender. The chawan is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, 3-1/4 (8 cm) tall and in perfect condition, enclosed in a shiho kiri-wood box. Secret Antique Japanese signed Kiseru Pipe-case Knife Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900   item# 662251 (stock# MOR2144 )  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A very unusual and incredibly well made pipe case with attached tobacco pouch concealing a hidden sheath in which is held a heavy and deadly short knife. Both the pipe case itself, and the blade of the knife are signed. The black lacquered pipe case is signed Shitsu-Ryo Saku (also Urushi Akira Saku, the first character meaning lacquer). The Blade is signed Okitada (also read Kosho/Kyosho or Kosei/Kyosei). The blade is hand forged, antique steel in excellent condition. By removing the ordina ...click for details Edo period Japanese Byobu Gold Screen Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900   item# 661817 (stock# ANR2142)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Travelers sporadically populate the riversides of this mountainous golden landscape screen dominated by one huge snow covered peak. Boats ply the dark blue waters, while horses frolic in the forest lower left. Is it the travelers from the tales of Ise we see walking through a copse of pine in the center? Late 17th or 18th century, the gold is spectacular. The scene is bordered with regal purple brocade separated from the scene by a strip of white silk, with a black lacquered wooden frame. S ...click for details Large Antique Japanese Porcelain Vase by Suwa Sozan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 656882 (stock# TCR2130)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A very unusual pale yellow-green (kiji) porcelain vase in the shape of a Chinese Gu by Seiji Celadon master Suwa Sozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Fretwork and a roiling dragon body have been softly engraved into the sides; the slightest variation in tone the only hint to the subtle design-work. The vase is 11-1/2 inches (29 cm) tall, 6 inches (15 cm) diameter and in fine condition. Sozan (1852-1922) was born in Kutani country, present day Ishikawa prefecture, where he initial ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  10  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  30  40  50  67