Japanese antique bronze vase with two monkeys. The body of the vase is gourd shaped and the monkeys chase each other around it's middle. Each monkey grabs the other one's foot, creating a continuous chain. Playful expressions and great details.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 8 3/4" high x 5 1/2" wide

Antique Japanese hand-colored photograph of two beautiful young ladies in a garden. One uses a bamboo ladle to scoop water from a fountain. The other stands on the path behind her. Tall bamboo fences and manicured pants enclose the scene.

Meiji period (c. 1870)

Dimensions: Frame: 25 3/4" high x 19 1/2" wide. Image: approx. 10" high x 8" wide

Antique Japanese woodblock print of a Kabuki actor with an ornately lacquered cart, scene from play. Signed Gototei Kunisada ga. From 1811-1844 Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) used the name Gototei Kunisada.

Kunisada was born to a family that owned a ferry boat service allowing him the time and money to devote to art. At an early age, he impressed the great master, Toyokuni I of the Utagawa school. He became his apprentice, officially adopting the name Kunisada around 1807. It... Click for details

Japanese antique woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864) titled: Night Rain at Hirefuri Peak (Hirefuri-mine yoru no ame): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III (?) as Ôtomo's Daughter (Sokujo) Wakana-hime (R) and Nakamura Shikan IV as Toriyama Shûsaku Terutada (L), from the series Eight Views of Shiranui (Shiranui hakkei no uchi).

Kunisada was born to a family that owned a ferry boat service allowing him the time and money to devote to art. At an early age, he... Click for details

A rare large early Edo period Japanese Temple Ranma. Carved from a single cut of depicting three legendary spirits in Japanese folklore. Bukan and his tiger is depicted coming forth from the trees and landscape. Bukan was a legendary Chan monk who lived in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907). Known for his eccentric behaviors, he was accompanied by a tiger.
The immortals Gama Sennin and Tekkai Sennin are also depicted amoungst the flourishing landscape. The two were... Click for details

Antique Japanese diptych woodblock print by the artist Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) also known as Toyokuni III. The scene is of two beautiful ladies entertaining two men, most likely either samurai or actors in an elegant urban setting overlooking the harbor.

Kunisada was born to a family that owned a ferry boat service allowing him the time and money to devote to art. At an early age, he impressed the great master, Toyokuni I of the Utagawa school. He became his apprentice,... Click for details

An original antique Japanese lacquer tea chest. Consisting of two open shelves along with upper and lower compartments. Front is covered in gold lacquer with maki-e techniques depicting landscape seen with small village. depicts
The four vertical supports are adored with lacquer gold detail. From and base are decorated with mon and low relief patterns.

Age: Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)

Dimensions: 33 1/2" wide x 32 3/4" high x 13 3/4" deep

A pair of lovely lacquered antique Japanese Hibachis (braziers) using a refined Kamakurabori technique. Featuring Chrysanthemums (Kiku) and Paulownia (Kiri) flowers and leaves with a bronze insert. Originally used as hand warmers during the cold of winter, they make elegant flower pots for plants and Ikebana flower arrangements.

Age: Late Meiji Era (1900-1910)

Dimensions Each: 11 1/2" Diameter by 8 1/2" High

Antique Japanese bronze usubata in the shape of a boat. Held up by little waves, it seems to float along on the water. Made for ikebana flower arranging. Signature on the bottom in a raised cartouche.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 5 1/4" high x 9" long x 5 1/4" wide

Japanese antique woodblock print by Utamaro (1753-1806) of a young nobleman on horseback holding a hunting falcon. Surrounding his horse are three beautiful female attendants and a young boy holding another falcon. In the background, Mt Fuji rises from the mist.

Utamaro is most famous for his bijin-ga (pictures of beauties). He was taught by Sekien and heavily influence by Kiyonaga. Utamaro is considered one of the great masters of Japanese woodblock printing.

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