Carved Wooden Sign for Temple

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1980: item #763511
854-6H-574

This is a sign for a temple named Taikobou. The red letters refer to the Pacific Ocean. The characters are carved and painted on a smooth hard board with irregular edges.
Dimensions:
Height: 11-1/2"
Length: 27" ... Click for details

Bronzed Iron Kannon Bosatsu Bas-Relief Figure

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1970: item #741836
811-7K-112

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This kannon in bas-relief shows beautiful adornment with elegant hair ornaments and necklace. It has the classic features of a bodhisattva. Kannon can be depicted as either male or female, and this one shows a mustache, The onmarkproductions website has a wealth of data on buddhist figures including Kannon, and makes note of the ambiguity of Kannon's gender: "Kannon is mos... Click for details

Vintage Japanese Kamidana Shinto Home Shrine

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1950: item #740385
B288

Vintage Japanese Shinto shrine, known as a Kamidana. This item is constructed of fine Sugi (Japanese Cedar), and is in excellent condition. It dates to the mid Showa-Period (c.1950), and comes complete with the traditional miniature sudare (bamboo shade) in the cubby space. Kamidana are miniature shrines displayed in many Japanese offices, dojos, temples and homes. Worship at the Kamidana includes prayer and various offerings of rice, water and flowers. It is important before the ritual of worsh... Click for details

Vintage Japanese Kamidana Shinto Home Shrine

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1950: item #740306
D139

Vintage Japanese Shinto shrine, known as a Kamidana. This item is constructed of fine Sugi (Japanese Cedar), and is in excellent condition. It dates to the mid Showa-Period (c.1950), and comes complete with the traditional miniature sudare (bamboo shades), and tatami reed mats in the three cubby spaces. The roof has been painstakingly thatched with many layers of tiny cedar shakes. Kamidana are miniature shrines displayed in many Japanese offices, dojos, temples and homes. Worship at the Kamida... Click for details

Japanese porcelain Shinto KITSUNE (Fox Gods) a pair

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1980: item #721753
J - 24/25

PAIR of Studio Japanese Shinto porcelain FOX GODS (Kitsune) in an upright pose with overglaze enamels. Often found by Red or orange lacquer Tori or tucked away by small mountain shrines. Perfect condition. Pre 1980. Height is 4 5/8 inches (12 cms.) x 2 inches in width or 5 cms.

A Pilgrim's Book of Temple Seals

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1950: item #716845

ca. 1930 5" x 3 1/2" x 1", 13 cm x 9 cm x 2.5 cm 32 pages This is a wonderful, small accordian book comprised of thirty-two pages, of which twenty-one are stamped and written on (yielding forty-two surfaces of stamps). Used by pilgrims who were on a route of visiting a group of temples would present such a book at a temple; the temple priest would stamp the book with the temple's proprietary stamp and would write on the page a meaningful phrase related to temple and/or Buddhist doctrine.

Architectural Buddhist Temple Piece with Carved Oni

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1960: item #696834
666-7E-175

This piece framed a temple doorway and depicts an oni. It's very sound and solid, measuring 19" in height. The width at the base is 40-1/2", and the thickness is about 4-1/2". It's carved from three pieces of a hard wood, likely keyaki and dates from the early Showa period, pre-1940.

Carved Kannon in Shizen Boku Wood

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1970: item #669264
572-7C-95

This kannon figure is at once elegant and unsophisticated. The carving is not finely detailed, but the sweep of her robes and the worn curves of the stand give it a finished appearance. Probably mid-Showa, pre-1970.
Dimensions:
Height: 18"
Width: 10" ... Click for details

Black and Red Lacquer Buddha Altar Shrine Cabinet

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1940: item #658057
J80L20

A nice and unique Japanese altar, circa 1940's. This altar was for the typical Japanese home, in it contained a small Buddha, censer, two vases for flowers, an offering dish with fruit. This is a wonderful accent piece, and with some imagination you can purchase these items to complete the scene, or use what is in your existing collection to complete the presentation. The altar is made from a light Japanese pine and is beautifully lacquered. The is some slight deterioration to the hinges on t... Click for details

Mokugyo; Wooden Temple Block or Bell **SOLD**

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Devotional Objects Pre 1960: item #643624
525-5N-769

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This Mokugyo bears the name of the temple it came from, carved in the wood. It's unpainted, 9" tall, 8" wide and 7" deep.