Japanese noragi are clothes that were created for use as work wear. Typically clothes for this purpose are reinforced with multiple layers ... read more
This is an antique Japanese tsutsugaki futon with mirrored fan and tassel motif
This large four panel tsutsugaki futonji, bed covering, is from ... read more
Ikebana basket,
Japan,
Bamboo, split arrows,
22" (56 cm) high,
Taisho Period,
Chikunsai iii, b.1940, was known for using split arrows in his baskets, as can be ... read more
Burl okimono,
Japan.
Burl wood, paint.
9" (23 cm) wide.
Meiji Period.
This fascinating burl figure is full of whimsical animals: monkeys, alligator, frog and maybe a ... read more
Yari saya,
Japan.
Wood, tataki nuri lacquer.
11.5" (24 cm) high.
Edo Period.
Condition: no condition issues; custom base or custom wall mount on request @ $100
The ... read more
Japanese Antiques Clothing Boro Tsugihagi (Patch-Worked) Indigo Noragi (Farmer's Jacket) Size: 121cmx87cm Material: Cotton Age: Meiji Era (19th century) This is a ... read more
Tobacco pouch,
Japan.
Leather, silk, metal.
5.5" (14 cm) wide by 3.5" (9 cm).
Meiji Period 1868-1912.
This tobacco pouch is covered in French-knotted silk, depicting a ... read more
Yari saya, (scabbard for spear),
Japan.
Wood, tataki nuri lacquer.
10" (25.5 cm) high.
Edo Period. Custom base.
Condition: spot of lacquer loss on back side and ... read more
Japanese Antiques Clothing Boro Tsugihagi (Patch-Worked) Indigo Noragi (Farmer's Jacket) Size: 97cmx95.5cm Material: Cotton Age: Meiji Era (19th century) This is a ... read more
Antique Japanese kesa Buddhist Monk's Robe Edo period 1640-60 17th century.
Silver thread motif of peonies on silk.
Patina of the oxidized silver give ... read more
This is a beautiful yosegire patchwork futon cover dating to the early 1900s.
The word "yosegire" literally means 'the sewing together of different ... read more
Japanese Antiques Traditional Indigo Tsugihagi (Patch-Worked) Futon cover (Japanese bedclothes) from 19th century
Size: 110x77cm
Material: Cotton
Condition: good
Tsugihagi (Patch-Worked) is a traditional Japanese recycling ... read more
Japanese Antiques Traditional Indigo Tsugihagi (Patch-Worked) futon cover (Japanese bedclothes) from 19th century
Size: 148x150cm
Material: Cotton
Condition: good
Tsugihagi (Patch-Worked) is a traditional Japanese recycling ... read more
a fine Japanese portfolio, Zuan dobutsu senshu (Collection of animal designs), complete with 30 loose plates of decorative designs (zuan) mostly of ... read more
Karasu (crow) Tengu mask, Japan.
Kiri wood, pigments, gold leaf.
6.75" (18 cm) high by 6" (14 cm) wide.
Late Edo-early Meiji, 19th century.
This bird ... read more
Japanese sample book with 72 numbered textile samples with small decorative designs (komon) printed by stencil (katagami) mounted on 26 pages. Probably ... read more
Japanese woodblock print by Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947). The heroine Umekawa from the series Dai Chikamatsu zenshu, furoku mokuhan (Supplement to the complete ... read more
Two Japanese Woodprints by Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904)
Good Condition
Each one 25x37cm
1863
Ichimura Kakitsu iv (市村家橘) playing Akebono Genta (曙源太) and Ichikawa Kuzō iii (市川九蔵) ... read more
a rare Japanese art book titled "Katazome" with 84 antique large fragments of textiles, mainly printed by katazome (stencil), from the Meiji ... read more
Japanese Boro Futon
An exceptional indigo patched Boro futon cloth from old Japan, when many poor farming families recycled generations of worn out ... read more
Burl base
Japan
Wood
30" (76cm) wide, 22" (56cm) high, 3" (8 cm) thick
Meiji Period
This base is unusual with incised lines along the edge on ... read more
Japanese paper stencil (katagami) for textile printing with a pattern of gourds and flowers.First half of 20th century. 29x40,5 cm.
Very good conditions.
Japanese orihon album Kogire harikomicho (Album of antique textiles fragments). Ninty-five fine fragments of antique Japanese textile including brocades and embroideries pasted ... read more
a collection made in Japan of fifteen large textile fragments mounted on cards 48x37 cm.
Including about nine large Indonesian batik fragments, eleven ... read more
Japanese portfolio with forty-seven loose plates in cromo-litography of decorative patterns in Japanese Art Deco style for applied arts. The subject ... read more
Japanese portfolio Shumi no teori momengire with 40 samples of handmade cotton textile tipped-in on cardboard, many ikat (kasuri) samples. Edited by ... read more
