Antique Japanese Shō, mouth organ (flute) used in Gagaku (classical performances traditionally for the imperial court). A musician blows through the silver lined protruding mouthpiece. The air travels through the bamboo tubes creating notes (said to sound like the Ho bird or phoenix). Skillful musicians are able to blow air in and out of the mouth pieces creating sustained, uninterrupted notes. The arrangement of bamboo tubes are said to resemble the folded wings of the phoenix. This small... Click for details

Japanese netsuke of a Kappa. A whimsical  folklore creature that looks like a  turtle with a face suppose to be around lakes and streams. Made of boxwood sitting on a lotus pad, delightfully carved. Signed on back. Dates from the Showa age c 1950.

Antique Japanese six-panel screen painting (byobu) with a design of fans on silver leaf ground. Each fan is an intricate scene of sections carefully salvaged from even older paintings. Fans with battle scenes, peonies, maples, pines, bamboo, waves and more. Painted in mineral colors and gold leaf on paper. The silver leaf of the screen has beautifully oxidized over time.

Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)

Dimensions: 66" high x 148" long

Antique Japanese unusual Buddhist shrine pagoda. Made of lacquered wood with gilt copper hardware. The shrine has six sides and an elegant sloping roof. Carved details of waves and mist. A tall multi-storied finial on top.

Age: Edo Period (c.1850's)

Dimensions: 26" high x 16" wide

An antique 2 panel Japanese screen titled Scholar in Summer Landscape. Painted in sumi on paper, mounted on a wooden core frame with paper hinges, textile border and lacquered molding. Signature & seal: JUZAN (Nagamura Senzan, 1820-1862) who was a Nanga painter.

Age: Edo Period mid 19th century

Dimensions: 67 3/4" high by 74 1/2" wide.

Pair of Japanese shokudai candlesticks made of copper with chrysanthemum shaped base and crown. Original warm patinas finish consistent of its age. Each is quite sturdy and ready to be used once again to light a sacred space.

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

Dimensions: 27" high x 7" wide (base)

Antique Japanese Suzuribako depicting rolling landscape with young pine and early cherry blossom trees. Inside cover lacquered in gold with flowering wild flowers along a bamboo fence and a slender crescent moon finished in silver. The night sky is speckled in gold.

Dimensions: 8 3/4" wide x 9 3/4" high

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

An antique Japanese portable storage box for tea ceremony accoutrements. Made almost entirely of Kuwa (Mulberry) wood, it has a bamboo carrying handles. Lift out door opens to a storage compartment with a removable split level shelf. Four drawers of varying sizes were used to house an assortment of tea ceremony paraphrenalia. All original including the bronze hardware.

Age: Meiji Era (1890-1910)

Dimensions: 11" Wide by 11.63" High by 7.63" Deep

A simple two compartment Japanese inro. Constructed of box wood with an even stippled finish. Original black and gold lacquer finish, threaded with cotton cord and finished of with a well worn carved toggle in a floral shape.

Dimensions: 2 3/8" squared

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

Antique Japanese figure of Amida Buddha (Amida Nyorai), Buddha of Infinite Light seated on an open lotus. Made of carved and gilt lacquered wood with a dark patina from many years of incense and candle smoke. His hands are in Mida no Jōin (Meditation Mudra), a mudra specific to the Japanese Amida Buddha. Just below his ushnisha (nikkei) is a crystal Nikkeishū (Nikkei Jewel), believed to "radiate the light of the world". On his forehead is a similar circular crystal urna (Byakugo) -... Click for details