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Moon by Japanese Zen Priest Yamada Mumon
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Pre 1980 item# 926940 (stock# ALR2646)
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Exceptional rendering of the character Moon by one of Zens most important 20th century leaders Yamada Mumon. The ink on paper image is framed in patterned copper silk and features black lacquer wooden rollers. Some faint staining, the scroll measures 17-1/2 x 59 inches (44 x 150 cm) and is in excellent condition, enclosed in a kiri-wood box. Mumon (1900-1988) studied law in his youth, but was converted to the life of Buddhism by a statement of Confucian theory which says, rather than become a ...click for details
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Meiji p Nihonga Screen, Horse and Peasant Girl by Hosen
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Pre 1920 item# 921022 (stock# ANR2644)
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A later Meiji period two panel screen, Pigment on silk, signed Hosen (Usui Hosen) dating 1900-1910. Shunkei lacquer frame with cloth backing. Quintessential for the era, the scene is brushed in an abbreviated style, allowing the viewer to participate by completing the details. Muted colors and the lack of hard lines lend the screen an ethereal quality, as if recalled from a distant memory. The screen is 56 inches x 5 feet (142 x 152 cm) and is in fine condition but for some stress in the sil ...click for details
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Antique Tagasode Silver Screen with Shogun Crest
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Pre 1920 item# 917258 (stock# ANR2639)
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Edo period Kimono hang from a lacquered frame on this gorgeous two panel silver screen dating from the turn of the 19th century. Dyed on the shoulder of the Chirimen silk lavender mans kimono is the Mitsuba-Aoi, official crest of the Tokugawa Shognate indicating the original kimono was property of the family which ruled Japan for 250 years. Below is chrysanthemum flowers (symbols of Imperial Power) embroidered over patterned Rinzu Satin. The other is completely embroidered with flower carts o ...click for details
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MU! By Yamada Mumon, Japanese Zen Buddhist Art Scroll
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Pre 1980 item# 911374 (stock# ALR2622)
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Exceptional rendering of the character Mu (Nothingness) by one of Zens most important 20th century leaders Yamada Mumon enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The ink on paper image is framed in patterned silk extended with pale green, and features ivory rollers. It is 26 x 52-1/2 inches (66 x 134 cm) and in excellent condition. Mumon (1900-1988) studied law in his youth, but was converted to the life of Buddhism by a statement of Confucian theory which says, rather than become a lawyer, ...click for details
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Important Edo p. Japanese Imperial Armor
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Pre 1900 item# 907638 (stock# YOR2612)
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An unusual Ryoku Odoshi Ni-Mai-Do Gusoku armor of pleated horizontal plates and Armadillo scale mae-ate reminiscent of the leather covers on the front of older O-yoroi with an inscription inside the box lid attesting the armor to the property of Prince Arisugawa Taruhito. It features a black lacquered 62 plate suji kabuto with simple brass Tehen Kanamono and 6 lame shikoro with arisugawa crest on the fukigaeshi and genuine armadillo tail maedate. The mask is a Me-No-Shita Ho with prominent mou ...click for details
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Iris on silk Edo p. Japanese Scroll by Tsubaki Chinzan
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Pre 1900 item# 905370 (stock# ALR2602)
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The lurid wet ink shows clearly the boneless style which defines this artists greatest works. Gold flake is scattered delicately over the silk surface, almost unnoticeable yet bringing out the power in the scene. The ink on silk painting is bordered in patterned blue silk in a field of beige and features wooden rollers. Possibly originally an album page, it has been fully remounted at some time in the past (20th century). The scroll measures 14-1/2 by 40-1/4 inches (36.5 x 102 cm). Aside fr ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Bronze Image of Hotei by Oshima Joun
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Pre 1920 item# 898341 (stock# MOR2591)
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Hotei bows deeply, showing an unusual moment of respect from the surly sage. An unusual bronze image by Oshima Joun enclosed in the signed wooden box. The face is at once relaxed and respectful, one hand wrapped around a gnarled walking stick supporting the heavy bag on his back. All facets are rounded, with a soft, tight orange-peel surface typical of Tokyo school bronzes. The image is roughly 5 inches (12.5 cm) in all directions, and in excellent condition. Oshima Joun was professor at th ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Ando Cloisonne Vase
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Pre 1920 item# 898264 (stock# MOR2590)
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Wild roses blossom on the rich tea green sides of this cloisonné vase by the Ando studio enclosed in a custom silk lined padded wooden box with a separate compartment for the rose wood stand (included). The base color is that of maccha green tea, making it doubly Japanese. Each leaf, each thorn each petal is wrapped in a thin silver wire frame. The vase is roughly 10 inches (25 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
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Important Archaic Style Chinese Vase by Suwa Sozan I
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Pre 1920 item# 897512 (stock# TCR2587)
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Exquisitely formed Hakuji pale porcelain defines this fine vase by Suwa Sozan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box bearing the Teishitsu Gigei-In stamp. Two simple bands match in width the diameter of the large rings suspended from simplified animal head handles. Fretwork in the lower belt provides the only overt decoration. The vase is 12 inches (31 cm) tall, roughly 6 inches (15 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Sozan (1852-1922) was born in Kutani country, present day Ishik ...click for details
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