All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900
item #1176745
(stock #MOR4166)
The Kura
3,500.00
3,500.00
Temples and lush hills of gold decorate the black lacquered sides of this 19th century go-board. Each scene is unique, a lakeside garden, the shore dotted with pines, the stilted legs of a mountain temple rising out of the mist, a river rushing past the long gate, the temple roof visible over the hill, The legs are sculpted and decorated with maple leaves washing away in swirling water, and beneath can be found the crest of the Ii clan, Daimyo (warlords) of Hikone...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1175669
(stock #ALR4161)
The Kura
$980.00
$980.00
Ink on silk in rough silk border with black lacquered wooden rollers and featuring the infamous Skull stamp. It comes enclosed in a very rare original signed wooden box. The scroll measures 21 x 75 inches (53 x 190 cm). Although the cloth is fine it is in need of remounting.
Nakahara Nantenbo, (Toju Zenchu), did not start painting in earnest until he was already more than 65 years old...
Nakahara Nantenbo, (Toju Zenchu), did not start painting in earnest until he was already more than 65 years old...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1174949
(stock #ALR4159)
The Kura
2,200.00
2,200.00
The stag stands alone on a lonely drop calling to the autumn moon in this elegant painting signed Fujiwara Eiyo with accompanying poem by Otagaki Rengetsu mounted as a chagake Tea-room hanging scroll. It reads:
Yama katsu ga, Asu no isogi ni, togu kama no, hikari ni nitaru, yuzuki no kage (In a mountain village, preparing for another day, light on the sharpened sickle, mimicks the evening moon)...
Yama katsu ga, Asu no isogi ni, togu kama no, hikari ni nitaru, yuzuki no kage (In a mountain village, preparing for another day, light on the sharpened sickle, mimicks the evening moon)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1174773
(stock #MOR4158)
The Kura
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Price on Request
An important set of 10 wooden sweet plates with paintings and calligraphy by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875). Each is entirely unique, with an individual poem.
A wooden beam’s soot, as well as the hearts sullied dross are swept clean at year’s end. (Hotei)
No place at the inn. Humans have a hard lot, but sleeping under blossoms the hazy moon consoles me. (Cherry blossom)
In this world certain forms inspire welcome thoughts. The eggplant calls to mind fortune...
A wooden beam’s soot, as well as the hearts sullied dross are swept clean at year’s end. (Hotei)
No place at the inn. Humans have a hard lot, but sleeping under blossoms the hazy moon consoles me. (Cherry blossom)
In this world certain forms inspire welcome thoughts. The eggplant calls to mind fortune...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1174675
(stock #ALR4157)
The Kura
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A worker makes his way through the autumn tinged hills, home just a few steps away in this brilliant Nanga work by Hashimoto Kansetsu enclosed in the original signed wooden box which is in turn enclosed in a red lacquered wooden box (Nijubako). Light color on silk mounted in a superb frame of blue silk with patterned with dragon dials and featuring large ivory rollers. The scroll measures 22 x 85-1/2 inches (58 x 217 cm) and is in excellent condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1174570
(stock #ALR4156)
The Kura
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Golden eyes gaze at the full moon rising over dried autumn grass and wilted flowers on this fine scroll signed Shuso (Hotta Shuso). Pigment and light color on silk in a patterned silk mounting with bone rollers. The scroll measures 19 x 78 inches (47.5 x 192.5 cm) and is in overall fine condition.
Hotta Shuso (1894-1954) was born in Nagano prefecture and studied under Ikegami Shuho, settling in Tokyo. One of his best students, Shuso later became leader of Shuho's Denshindo atelier...
Hotta Shuso (1894-1954) was born in Nagano prefecture and studied under Ikegami Shuho, settling in Tokyo. One of his best students, Shuso later became leader of Shuho's Denshindo atelier...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920
item #1174363
(stock #ALR4155)
The Kura
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A beauty in dragonfly printed summer kimono parts the reed curtains, her form lit by the firefly flying over. A beautiful pigment on silk painting signed Suiun-Me (the Me literally means female) enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating from the Taisho period. It is bordered in superb patterned brocades and features porcelain rollers. The scroll measures 31.5 x 198.5 cm (12-1/2 x 78 inches)...
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 : 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 : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1174219
(stock #ANR4150A)
The Kura
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Green or Blue, which will win this contest? Two shishi lions vie for our attention on this absolutely fabulous pair of 19th century screens. The images are performed with pigment on applied silver, not an easy medium from the start. One creature pounces, mouth open, teeth barred while the other crouches, mouth shut, ready to leap. Peony, a flower typically associated with the creatures, grows about them...
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 : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1800
item #1174009
(stock #MOR4147)
The Kura
$370.00
$370.00
An early Edo period Negoro tray, likely for service of sweets or for offerings at a temple. It is 19 cm (7-1/2 inches) diameter, 7 cm (3 inches) tall. Some losses and chips only serve to enhance the great sense of age.