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 : 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 : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1166206
(stock #ANR4122)
The Kura
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Children gathering Sansai mountain vegetables, a stunning Taisho period silk painting by Nishikubo Kunko. Three young girls wear indigo dyed country kimono, their forearms and shins protected from the grass and brush and heads covered in white scarves, straw sandals on their feet. They carry voluminous bamboo baskets as they move along the reed covered water’s edge, perhaps in search of fuki (Butterbur). The scene is performed with heavy pigment on silk, in completely original condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1900
item #1165874
(stock #MOR4117)
The Kura
1,600.00
1,600.00
A set of Shibuichi coated bronze hardware imitating gourd plants and dating from the 19th century. The set consists of 10 brackets which fit over the frame of the screen, holding the hinges open, and 6 gourd shaped hooks which would be hung from the wall securing the screen from falling over. This is a very unusual set, the likes of which I have not seen before...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Dolls : Pre 1900
item #1164657
(stock #MOR4115)
The Kura
$750.00
$750.00
An Edo to Meiji period image of a Hanshichi, a townsman characterized by his dark skin and round face. The head (kashira) is carved from a block of wood, with the workings built inside, then the face is attached and all is covered with gofun and the hair applied. Although the inner workings are in rough condition, it was made with mobile eyes, eyebrows and mouth that still work through a series of toggles and strings on the neck...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Dolls : Pre 1900
item #1164655
(stock #MOR4113)
The Kura
$750.00
$750.00
An Edo period bunraku puppet Kashira (head) of a woman carved from a block of wood, with the workings built inside, then the face is attached and all is covered with gofun and the hair applied. Although the inner workings are in rough condition, it was made with mobile eyes. The head is roughly 19 cm (7-1/2 inches) tall from the neck (not including the handle). To balance this size the original puppet was likely about 4 feet (130 cm) tall...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Dolls : Pre 1900
item #1164498
(stock #MOR4112)
The Kura
$750.00
$750.00
An Edo period image of a Ruffian, his red skin and red lined eyes differentiating him from the elegance of the samurai. The head (kashira) is carved from a block of wood, with the workings built inside, then the face is attached and all is covered with gofun and the hair applied. The head is roughly 16 cm tall from the neck (not including the handle)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1900
item #1164420
(stock #MOR4109)
The Kura
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A catfish swims among the rocks and reads, the current flowing like the swish of its tail behind on this beautiful Mingei Shrine carving dating from the later Edo period. Of course it calls to mind the Zen Koan, how does one catch a catfish with a gourd…. This came from a shrine in Otsu prefecture at the foot of Mt. Hie which was torn down last year. It had been between the upper beam and the gable on the front of a smaller Shrine on the grounds of a Tendai Temple. The carving is 39 x 5.5 ...