Hiroshi Yoshida
Fujiyama from Funatsu, 1928. From his "Ten Views of Fuji" series. This is a posthumous edition.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Condition: A bit of pinkishness in the sky that is most evident on the back. Still has memory curl from storage in a tube.

Okumura Koichi (1904-1974)
Autumn of Kankakei, Inland Sea
Date: 1952. First edition as evidenced by date seal in margin.
Publisher: Unsodo.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.5 inches.
Condition: Chip at upper corner. Small slit in water near right margin. Creasing.
- A first edition of a rarely seen image.

A of Japanese blue and white transfer design mukozuke dishes. Each design different - and two different potters marks on the base. Each dish measures 4 ½” diameter by 3//4” high. They are in excellent condition with no chips or hairlines. We date them to the Showa period, circa 1930s-1950s.

Yoshitora Utagawa (active 1840-1880)
Fire Brigade No. 5 from the "64 Fire Brigades of Edo" series.
Date: 1858
Size: 14.0 x 9.75 inches.
Condition: Wrinkles, creases, holes, ragged margin, tape on back. A cool 1858 print in rough shape.
Each brigade leader holds a standard and is dressed in the style of his neighborhood station.

Yoshitora Utagawa (active 1840-1880)
Fire Brigade No. 2 from the "64 Fire Brigades of Edo" series.
Date: 1858
Size: 14.0 x 9.75 inches.
Condition: A few pinholes. Small tears at two margins. Some tape on back as shown. A rough journey from 1858.
Each brigade leader holds a standard and is dressed in the style of his neighborhood station.

This child's cap from Indus Kohistan, Pakistan is dated to the mid 20th century and measures 7 cm in diameter, 42 cm in circumference. Kohistan in Persian means "land of mountains" and has two distinct meanings in Pakistan. In Persian "koh" means "peak" and "istaan" means "land of". Kohistan is one of the most isolated and the most deprived districts, not only in Hazara Division but in the entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan...

Takeji Asano
Rainy temple scene with dog.
Size: Mitsugiriban. Approximately 15.5 x 7.25 inches.
Date: ca. 1930s.
Condition: Some light creasing. Ragged margin with two small tears. The bottom one slightly impinges upon the image. Faint writing back top margin.

This small pouch from Hazara district in Pakistan measures 12 x 15.5 cm and is hand-embroidered in extremely fine satin stitch in silk thread. Its age is approximately early to mid 20th century. Condition is near excellent, two light stains on one face. As the Hazara district is situated between Punjab and Swat, the embroidery of this area is stylistically very similar to that of the Swat Valley.

Measuring 81.5 x 100 cm, this gorgeous textile made by Uzbek women is machine-embroidered in silk thread with crocheted silk fringe edging. The bouquet motifs are typical of Uzbek embroidery. Condition is very good, with only one small hole (1 cm x 1 cm) in the center panel. Estimated age: late 20th century.

This Uzbek wedding cloth from northern Afghanistan dates to the early to mid 20th century and measures 76 x 99 cm including the fringes. The textile is hand-embroidered in silk thread in vivid colors on a green cotton ground with copper encrustations throughout, and edged on two sides with crocheted silk fringe. Satin stitch and long and short stitch are the embroidery techniques. The continuous supplementary weft technique makes this textile reversible and either face may be used as the front...

Haku Maki (1924-2000), born Maejima Tadaaki
Title: Poem 69-10
Edition: Numbered 33/82.
Size: Approximately 12.5 x 8.75 inches
Date: 1969
Condition: Unframed. Matte line at margins. Writing at bottom margin. Tape residue attop margin.

This is a bed decoration from northern Afghanistan made by Uzbeks of the Lakai tribe. Traditionally these textiles were placed between layers of bedding quilts at the back of the yurt. This segusha measures 72 x 80 x 115 cm when folded into a triangle, and the embroidery is silk thread on faded red cotton edged with silk fringes, combining satin stitch with long and short stitch...

Sadahide Utagawa 1807-1873)
Namamugi from The Scenic Places of the Tokaido. A leg in Tokugawa Iemochi's journey to Kyoto to visit the emperor.
Date: 1863. This edition is from the turn of the century.
Size: 10.75 x 7.25 inches. On crepe paper, which was popular around 1900.
Condition: Toning at margins edges of image.

This pair of wooden slippers is modeled after the actual cotton ones still produced and sold in new Beijing by Neiliansheng Its main store is still in the Qianmen district of Beijing, not far from the heart of Beijing. Shoes generally represent children, what do these suggest?

Fine and rare pair of Yao (also known as Mien) shaman chops, used to “expedite messages to the Gods”. Reference “The Yao” by Jess Pourret pgs 206 & 207. These came from the Sino/Lao Fansipan Mountains border area and date circa 80 to 90 years old. Each seal has a minor age crack as may be seen in enlargements as well as metric scale.