Rare Edo/Momoyama Period Carved Keyaki Dragon Mask, wood polished with age, Large holes for eyes and nose, teeth carved on underside, Very well-worn, with losses. Dimension: 7 1/2" wide 9" long 4 3/4" high

item #860707

Very interesting and attractive Japanese 2-panel Mica-flecked Astrology Screen of the Northern Hemisphere,visible is the Hokuto Shichi Sei= 7-Star Constellation or the Big Dipper which points to the North Star which is end of the Little Dipper. Celestial heaven chart in center with surrounding calligraphy naming processional years. Carefully removed from the backing of a Meiji Period Screen and remounted, some losses to lower right bottom of panel. Size each panel: 34 1/2" length, 69" ov... Click for details

item #860593

Antique Japanese pair of scroll paintings with calligraphy in black sumi ink on silk, Buddhist subject matter, with signed kiri box, Edo Period (c.1850). Size of each scroll: 73 1/2" high x 16 1/2" wide.

item #859429

Large Japanese scroll of Carp leaping out of wave, signed by Shokei Wakabayashi in the summer of 1901 ( Meiji). Student of Suzuki Shonen from the Shijo School. Vetted by Hiroshima Prefecture Museum Curator Kurokawa. A fantastic work. Size H 81" x W 35"

item #859238

Antique Japanese pair of scroll paintings, one with tiger in pine tree the other with dragon in clouds, painted in sumi ink on silk, late Edo Period Period, signed San'an Yamanobe Eisho with two seals. Size of each scroll: 74 1/2" high x 22 1/2" wide Size of each artwork: 38 1/2" high x 16 1/2" wide.

item #858700

Woodblock with mica by Lillian Miller of a child standing with back turned, wearing cherry blossom kimono, on black background, mounted as scroll (c1920). Lillian Miller was an expatriot who lived in Japan. Size of scroll: 33 1/4" high x 12 1/4" wide Size of art: 11 1/4" high x 9 1/4" wide

item #858699

Japanese scroll mounting of a Hokusai Woodblock with a peasant wood gatherer on bridge over stream, in the back ground are ducks on a pond. Censor seals 1790-1842. Size of Scroll: 51 1/2" high x 10" wide Size of Art: 19 3/4" high x 9" wide

item #858698

Wonderful Japanese antique tetstubin (tea pot), made of cast iron with dragon in very high relief, handle has another dragon with gold details, bottom of pot is cast with a signature cartouche, tea pot has bronze lid which is also signed, Meiji Period (1868-1912). Size; 8" high (including handle) x 6 1/2" wide (including spout)

item #856847

Carved bamboo ikebana container for flower arranging, carved with calligraphy poem and scene of man and child under pine tree, Taisho Period. Size: 24 1/4" high x 7 1/4" diameter

item #856490

Large framed and matted photograph of the famous Japanese Kabuki actor Roppeita Kita sitting with his grandson taken by the famous portrait photographer, Yousuf Karsh, black and white original signed print in great condition, photographed in 1968 and printed in 1978. Size of print: 15 3/4" wide x 19 3/4" high Size in frame: 23 1/2" wide x 28 1/4" high.

item #856011