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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 Scholar Meditation Stone Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 933240 (stock# MOR2664)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you  The turret of a lonely outpost rises from the mountain peak formed by this small Japanese scholar rock set into a hand carved wooden base and enclosed in a wooden box titled Ko jinkaku (Small Armored Tower). The stone is 7 inches (18 cm) tall, 5 x 3 inches (13 x 8 cm). It likely was put together in the early 20th century.

Taisho Period Japanese Screen by Reisui Hoson Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 929415 (stock# ANR2648)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A quintessential Taisho style painting of a boy in a mystical forest of flowers, pigment on silk by Hoson Reisui (b. 1897). The ethereal image seems not so much to be drawn on the silk, but to eminate from it. The boy too seems as if a sprite living in some fantastical reality. There is a minor water streak opposing on the bottom outside of both panels (near the signature) and some loss to the white gofun petals. Each panel is 34 x 59 inches (86.5 x 149.5 cm) and is in overall fine condition ...click for details

Moon by Japanese Zen Priest Yamada Mumon Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 926940 (stock# ALR2646)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  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

Meiji p Nihonga Screen, Horse and Peasant Girl by Hosen Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 921022 (stock# ANR2644)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  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

Antique Tagasode Silver Screen with Shogun Crest Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 917258 (stock# ANR2639)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  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

MU! By Yamada Mumon, Japanese Zen Buddhist Art Scroll Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 911374 (stock# ALR2622)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  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

Important Edo p. Japanese Imperial Armor Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900   item# 907638 (stock# YOR2612)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  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

Iris on silk Edo p. Japanese Scroll by Tsubaki Chinzan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900   item# 905370 (stock# ALR2602)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  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

Dragon Vase by Japanese Porcelain Artist Makuzu Kozan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 899182 (stock# TCR2596)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A large canary yellow vase embellished with a flying dragon in crisp blue detail by Master potter Makuzu (Miyagawa) Kozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Fretwork above separates the white rim from the yellow body; the dragon intricately drawn down to the details of his flying mane. The original rosewood stand is included. The vase is 11 inches (27.5 cm) tall, 4 inches (10 cm) diameter and in perfect condition, signed on the base Makuzu in a chattered circle. The name Kozan was g ...click for details

Antique Japanese Bronze Image of Hotei by Oshima Joun Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 898341 (stock# MOR2591)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  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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