Japanese Edo Period Carved Wooden RANMA

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1900: item #376176
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Japanese Edo Period carved wooden RANMA. The RANMA is beautifully designed and carved in the design of nightingale within the branches and blossoms of a plum tree.

Japanese Edo Period Carved Wooden RANMA

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1900: item #376172
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Japanese Edo Period carved wooden RANMA. This RANMA is wonderfully designed and carved in the shape of rats among sacks of rice, lucky hammer and DAIKON, Chinese radish. The RANMA measures 41" long, 19" tall by 4" deep.

Large Japanese Wooden Monkey Carving by SUIUN

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1910: item #373126
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Wonderful and large Japanese wooden carving of a large adult male monkey holding a persimmon and a juvenile monkey below. Carved by SUIUN from OHMI. Circa 1900.

Japanese wood & LACQUER CANDLE STAND,26", 1906

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1910: item #357655
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Japanese wooden and Black LACQUER CANDLE STAND, 26 inches in height and an inscription/dedication for the "Goto family," made in 1906...written on the base! Condition is good with nice lacquer patina! Diameter of base is 6 inches.

Wood and Shibayama Ivory Game Counter

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1920: item #357096
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This lacquered rosewood game counter or marker has ivory tabs with inlaid with mother-of-pearl insects and birds. Meiji period (1868-1912). The counter comes in its original kiri wood storage box. The wood body of the counter is decorated with a floral design painted in gold makie lacquer, and the pin-hinged game tabs of fine old ivory have Shibayama inlay. The family name Shibayama has become the generic term for a style of decorative inlays of mother-of-pearl in ivory, lacquer or metal. These ... Click for details

Wooden Netsuke, Foo Dog, Koma-Inu

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1910: item #344999
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The size of Nestuke: 1 7/8" Long x 1 1/4" Wide x 1 1/4" High. Nicely carved Japanese Wooden Nestsueke in the shape of Foo Dog(Koma-Inu). It is rather rounded piece which shape like Daruma from the face and roundness. Material is Rosewood. The photo does not show the nice color and quality of Netsuke. Actual Netsuke is nicer. It is from end of Meiji. Not signed.

Carved Boxwood Brush with Sixteen Rakan

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1800: item #341814
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Japan Mid-Edo 18th century Length 45 cm A tall ancient pine tree growing in a rock garden extends the full length of the brush handle. The top of the tree reaches a pagoda surrounded by clouds. Sixteen rakan(lohan) are depicted wearing priests robes. Some of them carry various objects such as ruhi,stupa, staff,miniature pagoda,rosary,bowl and a peach. Two of the rakan are standing on clouds, each in front of a large nimbus. In Japan since the eleventh century there has been a t... Click for details

Old Japanese Wood Carved Inlaid Eyes Shishi Sign Holder

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1920: item #326058
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Old (1920's) Japanese Wood Carved Inlaid Eyes Shishi Sign Holder

The shishi are 3 inches tall, and 3.5 inches wide.

They are in good condition with no repairs or cracks, except missing eye and chip to the foot (as seen in the photos). ... Click for details

A Japanese Wooden Brush Rest for the Scholar - Meiji

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1920: item #300424
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An unusual japanese Wooden Brush Rest, late 19th century, Meiji period. Carved to portray a peasant, or farmer, who is seated with either his inverted straw hat on his lap or possibly a large wooden bowl. He sits beside a pyramid shaped object or maybe a pile of something, it is not clear. Length 2 1/8 ins. (5.5 cms). The dark wood in close grained but quite light. It is in excellent condition with no damage and no repairs. This piece would have been used to prop up the scholars or artists br... Click for details

Edo Pd. Bokuto (Doctors Sword) -- Mingei - Fish Shape

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Wood Pre 1900: item #294773
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Fine early bokuto sagemono (known as a doctors sword) dating from the Edo period, circa 1750-1860. A bokuto was a simulated sword made of wood. In ancient Japan only Samurai were allowed to wear a real sword. Therefore non-samurais (doctors, merchants, etc.) used the bokuto. We surmise that in the dark, robbers who were thinking of accosting doctors or businessmen going about their rounds might have been scared off when the saw the shape of the bokuto in the dark.The piece is possibly of Ainu ... Click for details