All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1920
item #1103320
(stock #TCR3012)
The Kura
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A spectacular Meiji period Tenmoku Chawan by Eiraku Zengoro decorated in a flamboyant style with precious metals. A golden pine trunk rises, almost entirely obscured by the mass of silver pine needles built up both within and without the bowl. It is most powerful in comparison to the ordinarily subdued Kyo-yaki ware of the Meiji era. The stamp on the base is undoubtedly that of Wazen. The bowl is just less than 5 inches (12.5 cm) diameter and in perfect condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1107696
(stock #ANR3029)
The Kura
3,000.00
3,000.00
A hermitage lost in the early blossoms of the plum forest, ink and light color inside a wide gold border typical of the Taisho era by Akashi Shoun (b. 1867). The scene wants to draw one into its environs, the warm colored table loaded with brushes inviting the viewer to share tea and brush a verse. Outside the promise of Spring speaks of warm days to come, and a reawakening of the dream world envisaged. The screen measures 68 x 149 inches (172.5 x 378 cm) and is in fine condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1109109
(stock #ANR3045)
The Kura
4,400.00
4,400.00
Four ink on paper paintings of scholarly green tea items by Murata Kokoku mounted on age darkened silver opposite sheer white paper clouded with gold flake. Antique Handles on both sides, the sliver side of dark orbs containing a crescent moon in gold...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920
item #1109729
(stock #TCR3046)
The Kura
1,500.00
1,500.00
A set of unique porcelain cups for Sencha green tea by five top names in Kyoto, Seifu Yohei, Takahashi Dohachi, Kiyomizu Rokubei, Mashimizu Zoroku and Miura Chikusen, all carried inside a six sided bamboo carrying case signed and stamped by each artist with each cup described, the case in turn enclosed in a wooden box. The box is titled Kosometsuke (?) Chawan, and signed within (illegible) likely by the collector for whom the set was made followed by one small and one large stamp...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920
item #1109732
(stock #TCR3047)
The Kura
$800.00
$800.00
A yellow porcelain stand for a sencha green tea brazier by Seifu Yohei III enclosed in a signed wooden box. The piece is 12.5 cm square, signed underneath and includes the original stamped wrapping cloth.
Seifu, unlike many potters of the time, was low production and tenacious in approach. The third generation head of the family (d. 1914) was honored as the first ceramic artist to become a member of the Imperial Art Academy (Teishitsu Gigei-In).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1111841
(stock #ALR3053)
The Kura
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A fox and cubs under the crescent moon and falling leaves by Hotta Shuso (b. 1894) in a style representative of the Taisho era. Light color on silk in a pale green silk border with bone rollers. The scroll is 21-1/2 x 86 inches (55 x 219 cm) and in fine condition but for a faint discoloration in border top and bottom.
Hotta Shuso (1894-1954) was born in Nagano prefecture and studied under Ikegami Shuho, settling in Tokyo...
Hotta Shuso (1894-1954) was born in Nagano prefecture and studied under Ikegami Shuho, settling in Tokyo...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1111842
(stock #ALR3054)
The Kura
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Leaping over the battlements, arrows dashing into the wooden planks about him the samurai thrusts into the enemy. A fine pigment on silk painting with powdered gold rubbed into the highlights, bordered in patterned brocade extended with beige and featuring solid ivory rollers by Iwasa Koko (1884-1951). The scroll is 15 x 77 inches (38 x 195 cm) and in fine condition but for some faint scattered spotting...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1115346
(stock #ALR3059)
The Kura
$950.00
$950.00
Taisho style Image of the Heron Maiden named for her white dress and indications of winter. Here red tassels drape from within the white shawl adding a sense of youth to her mystery. Pigment on silk with unusual split silk border accentuating the Taisho image terminating in large ivory rollers. The scroll measures 25-1/2 x 92 inches (65 x 234 cm) and is in fine condition. Likely attributable to Iwasa Koko, b. 1884 in Nagoya, student of Taniguchi Kokyo in Kyoto
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1115576
(stock #ALR3061)
The Kura
1,800.00
1,800.00
Mt. Fuji rises from the mist, its white peak floating effortless above the clouds in this fine painting by Kamisaka Sekka dating circa 1910. Pigment on silk, mounted in blue-gray satin with pale extensions, the scroll is 21 inches x 6 feet (53.5 x 183 cm) and is in fine condition but for some scattered foxing and minor loss to the white pigment on the mountain. For images of the seal and signature see Kindai no Rimpa, Kamizaka Sekka by Yanagihara (1981) p. 306 fig 23 and page 311...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1920
item #1119481
(stock #TCR3063)
The Kura
2,600.00
2,600.00
A large and unusual Raku hand warmer (Shuro) in the shape of a monkey Charm (sarubobo) by representative Kyoto artist Kiyomizu Rokube IV (Rokuko, 1847-1920) dating circa 1920 enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The Sarubobo is a Mingei Monkey Charm from the Gifu area, here recreated in the low-fired Raku pottery tradition of Kyoto and seated on the original silk pillow. The walls of this unusual piece of Raku ware are more than 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) thick, making it quite sturdy...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1119491
(stock #ALR3065)
The Kura
$950.00
$950.00
Magnificent bold brush work. Framed in copper green patterned brocade with dark wood rollers. The scroll measures 20 x 65 inches (51 x 165 cm).
Little is known about Itten Tokai other than that he was a Soto Zen priest who lived in distant Hokkaido. His Daruma paintings are wonderfully expressive, however, some of the finest examples of the 19th-20th century...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1119492
(stock #ALR3066)
The Kura
1,250.00
1,250.00
A Bamboo Tea Spoon container below a long verse by Kato (Tachibana) Chikage bordered in chestnut cloth extended in beige with black lacquer rollers. The bamboo case depicted is signed Chikage, above a poem extols the three virtues or pleasures of tea. The scroll measures 13 1/2 x 55 inches (35 x 140 cm) and is in overall fine, original condition.
Kato (Tachibana) Chikage (1735-1808) was a prominent Edo scholar trained under Kamo no Mabuchi...