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 1900
item #1140915
(stock #ALR4020)
The Kura
Price on Request
Price on Request
Scholars, sages and hermits enjoy the simple pleasures of life lost among the clear waters and deep foliage of the willow forest in this spectacular literati paradise by Ki (no) Baitei (Kyuro, 1734-1810). One of the most interesting and important scrolls in our collection, and also one of the most difficult to photograph. Ink and light color on paper in the original Edo p. Border and enclosed in an antique wood box...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1140918
(stock #ALR4020)
The Kura
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Price on Request
Scholars, sages and hermits enjoy the simple pleasures of life lost among the clear waters and deep foliage of the willow forest in this spectacular literati paradise by Ki (no) Baitei (Kyuro, 1734-1810). One of the most interesting and important scrolls in our collection, and also one of the most difficult to photograph. Ink and light color on paper in the original Edo p. Border and enclosed in an antique wood box...
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 #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 #1174362
(stock #ALR4154)
The Kura
1,850.00
1,850.00
Gazing at the back of the traditional Maiko apprentice, pins and combs hold her coiffure perfect, our eyes travel down to the neck revealed as it joins the white painted shoulders, the luxurious kimono with its signature high and draping sash: She has the two of hearts! A very unusual painting reflecting the oddities of western influence at the opening of the 20th century by Matsumoto Ichiyo (1893-1952)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900
item #1194523
(stock #MOR4231)
The Kura
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An antique printing block for a fan framed in worm eaten wood. A fine Mingei decoration. It is 51 x 26 x 4.5 cm (20 x 1β1/2 x 2 inches).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1700
item #1197945
(stock #TCR4253)
The Kura
Sale Pending
Sale Pending
What a pleasure it would be to drink from this haunting 17th century (Momoyama to early Edo) Karatsu Guinomi Sake cup with gold lacquer repairs. It is 2-1/2 inches (6.5 cm) dimeter, 1-3/4 inches (4.5 cm) tall. There are 2 tiny gold repairs gleaming softly on the rim like a yellow moon peering through clouds on a dark night. .
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1700
item #1172178
(stock #ALR4141)
The Kura
2,700.00
2,700.00
An egret stands stone-like on a rock among dried autumn grasses on this Yusho-school ink painting dating from the Momoyama to early Edo period with an inscription by important Zen priest Seikan Bunei. The scene is performed with ink on paper and contained in and Edo period green border extended in raw silk with solid bone rollers. The scroll measures 23 x 72 1/2 inches (58.5 x 197 cm). There has been extensive restoration to the paper performed when the scroll was mounted...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Swords and Related : Pre 1700
item #1191682
(stock #MOR4214)
The Kura
4,750.00
4,750.00
A single plate hand formed helmet dated Kanbun 2 (1662) and signed Myochin Etchu Daijo Fujiwara Munemichi. This is a very rare piece, the entire bowl hand formed from a single piece of hand forged iron (Ichimai Kabuto). On the left front and both sides are bullet scars from when the helmet was tested for durability. Inside in front can be found the date βon an auspicious day in the second month of Kanbun 2β...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1170420
(stock #ALR4137)
The Kura
$450.00
$450.00
The guardian Niomon flexes his muscles, scaring off evil spirits on this simple yet powerful watercolor by Watanabe Kokan. Light color on paper in a crushed paper border with bone rollers. The scroll is 16 1/2 x 77 inches (42 x 196 cm) and in overall fine condition, enclosed in a period wooden box.
Misshaku Kongo, depicted with mouth closed, is the manifestation of the Hindu God Vishnu, and represents death and the end of the Universe...
Misshaku Kongo, depicted with mouth closed, is the manifestation of the Hindu God Vishnu, and represents death and the end of the Universe...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1197943
(stock #TCR4252)
The Kura
Sale Pending
Sale Pending
The bowl is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter2-1/2 inches (6 cm) tall and in fine condition. Oku yama no, Hana no Shirayuki, Nagare-kite, Haru no sue kumu, Kawazura no Sato (From Deep in the mountains, fallen petals white as snow, Flow past the village, like the last vestige of Spring).
Much has been written about the life and work of poet/artist Otagaki Rengetsu...