All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940
item #1181800
(stock #ANR4180)
The Kura
$500.00
$500.00
Antique Sake labels are proudly displayed like trophies on this small gold screen dating from the early 20th century. It would certainly look festive in any room! The screen is 17-1/2 x 39 inches (44 cm x 1 meter) and is in overall fine condition, with only minor insect damage to the backing paper.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1940
item #1181382
(stock #TCR4173)
The Kura
1,000.00
1,000.00
A set of ten cups decorated with a unique poem and painting of the Five Nobles, (Bamboo, Orchid, Plum, Pine and Chrysanthemum, also known as the five Gentlemen). The cups were made by Mikuni Tanyu, and decorated by Nishimura Goun. Perfectly formed, each is delicately painted with a short verse and one of the five representatives of scholarly virtue. Each cup is 7.5 cm (3 inches) diameter, 4.5 cm (2 inches) tall and in excellent condition...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1980
item #1181145
(stock #MOR4168)
The Kura
$800.00
$800.00
A murashi-do Bronze tray decorated with the incarnations of four gods by Katori Masahiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The tray is 25.5 x 13.5 cm (10 x 5 inches) and in fine condition. This is a beautiful cast of thick, quality bronze, as we should expect from a Living National Treasure.
The image of the four incarnations is taken from the stand of the main image in Yakushiji Temple (National Treasure) which emulates those of Kiyohara Shrine in Nara...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940
item #1174288
(stock #ALR4153)
The Kura
1,375.00
1,375.00
A ni-gyo-sho 2 line calligraphy, ink on paper by Fukuda Kodojin dating from the 1920s or 30s. The poem reads Sha-sha Kanzanji saranashi ittoso, Shofu akaru sei-sei suigetsu Terasu Jo-Jo There are many allusions in the poem, and taking them into account can change the meaning somewhat. But poetry is interpretive: Reflectons-Reflections… Not a Single bonze in Cold Mountain Temple...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1940
item #1174101
(stock #MOR4149)
The Kura
3,800.00
3,800.00
The powerful image of a leaping carp surmounts this sumptuous lacquer box dating from the first half of the 20th century. Outside, the fish, in various hira-maki-e shades of precious metal powders, launches from the sculpted waves. Inside the box is a serene nashiji gold powder, with intimated mist inside the lid. The base is simple ro-iro black. Signed in red lacquer inside the box lid, it is 23 x 25.5 x 5.5 cm (9 x 10 x 2 inches) and in excellent condition,
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1940
item #1169755
(stock #TCR4134)
The Kura
$550.00
$550.00
A beautiful landscape accompanied by verse by Tanomura Shochiku decorates this bowl by Heian Kinseki of the Shingetsu-An studio enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both artists. The bowl is just over 7 inches (18 cm) diameter, 3-1/4 inches (8 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Tanomura Shochiku (b. 1891) was a literati painter, grandson of the illustrious Tanomura Chokunyu. He studied under both his grandfather and his father Tanomura Shosai as well as Tanaka Hakuin.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1950
item #1169747
(stock #TCR4133)
The Kura
$550.00
$550.00
A branch of ancient pine and Chinese verse by Kono Juseki decorate this large bowl by Mikuni Tanyu enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both artists and dated 1941. The bowl is over 7 inches (18.5 cm) diameter, 4 inches (10 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Mikuni Tanyu of Kyoto learned potting under the tutelage of porcelain master Miura Chikusen.
Kono (Kawano) Juseki was born in Oita prefecture, the seeming heartland of the Literati movement, in 1875...
Mikuni Tanyu of Kyoto learned potting under the tutelage of porcelain master Miura Chikusen.
Kono (Kawano) Juseki was born in Oita prefecture, the seeming heartland of the Literati movement, in 1875...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1980
item #1169744
(stock #TCR4132)
The Kura
$600.00
$600.00
A proud porcelain bowl by Miura Chikuken (Chikken) decorated in sometsuke with a freshwater crab, bamboo and Chinese verse by Sakata Shuken enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both artists. The bowl is 7 inches (18 cm) diameter, 4-1/2 inches (11 cm) tall and in excellent condition...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940
item #1168948
(stock #ANR4131)
The Kura
2,600.00
2,600.00
A large screen from the late 1920s or 30s handpainted by a number of artists and potters including Ito Tozan, Kondo Yuzo, Ida Senshu and possibly Ishiguro Munemaru. The title reads Muchu Choshun (Deep in the dream of a long Spring) and is followed by a signature I cannot yet read. To the right of the last character (shun) is the signature of the lacquer artist Ida Senshu. On the right side of the Tsubo within its borders we see Ito Tozan II and Living National Treasure Kondo Yuzo...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1940
item #1166551
(stock #TCR4126)
The Kura
$850.00
$850.00
An exquisitely elongated Gu vase by Nakamura Baizan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Animal masks in relief decorate the middle belt, framed by expertly carved leafy frets top and bottom. There is no other decoration, just the simple elegance of the form itself. It is 39 cm (15-1/2 inches) tall, 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter at the top and in excellent condition...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1980
item #1164226
(stock #ALR4106)
The Kura
1,100.00
1,100.00
The characters grow ever dry and erratic, like the voice of a priest as he chants the sutra in the smoke filled confines of the dark temple, Praise to the Name Amhida (Namu Amhidabu) a superb calligraphy work by Murase Myodo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The brush strikes the canvas with such force it abrades the surface, the movements quick and decisive, leaving streaks of white behind...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1940
item #1162104
(stock #MOR4094)
The Kura
3,500.00
3,500.00
A pair of stylized Bronze Inari Shrine guardians dating circa 1930 giving a distinct Art Deco feel. They are 15 inches (38 cm) tall, 10-1/2 x 6 inches (27 x 15.5 cm) at the base and in superb condition. A hole in the base attests to where they were once attached to a further pedestal.