Japanese Print, Heroic Figures Series
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Pre 1940 item# 681535 (stock# 44-08)
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This lithograph depicts a Japanese warrior saving his master, Tokugawa, during a battle in 1653, early in the Tokugawa shogunate. It is from "Heroes of Japan," an illustrated series printed in 1935. The scene shows the heroic figure, Goto Matagaemon, on the right , in the skirmish during which he killed 17 rebels who were in pursuit of the Tokugawa leader of Japan. The lithograph is in perfect condition and is double-matted with a black silk outer mat and a gold inner mat. An account o ...click for details
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Japanese Ranma Panel Island Scene
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Pre 1920 item# 648590 (stock# 62-31)
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This long carved panel from Japan's late Meiji Period shows two sailboats passing behind an island in the center foreground. Distant mountains are seen in the background to one side; the sea with small boats to the other side. Pierced carving allowed the scene to be viewed from either side of the panel, which was used as a transom, called a ranma, in a traditional Japanese house. Hung above wide sliding doors, the ranma provided soft light and air circulation to living areas on both sides of ...click for details
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Headboard Size Japanese Ranma Tree Design
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Pre 1910 item# 635464 (stock# 62-28)
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From the late Meiji Period, this Japanese interior transom (ranma) is a suitable size for a decorative headboard, to hang over a wide fireplace or to use in place of a painting to add depth and texture to a light wall. The design is a simple one of six trees, a few tufts of grass and the suggestion of low hills, which gives the piece a contemporary look. This type of carving suggests a brush painting with its spare use of a few fine lines to depict nature. The nicely grained wood panel is framed ...click for details
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Japanese Ranma Mount Fuji Scene
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Pre 1910 item# 635048 (stock# 62-29)
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This Japanese interior transom (ranma) from the late Meiji period shows Mount Fuji as it is seen from the Izu Peninsula looking inland across Suruga Bay. Rescued from old wood houses, ranma are perfectly sized for use as decorative headboards or to hang over a wide fireplace. The original use of the ranma was integral to the architecture of traditional Japanese frame houses, which were built with pillars supporting the roofs so that load bearing interior walls were not necessary. Instead, moveab ...click for details
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Bamboo Kaiko-zaru (Silkworm Basket)
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Pre 1920 item# 407010 (stock# 61-47)
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Used for growing silkworms, this large shallow bamboo basket was lined with mulberry leaves and suspended horizontally under the eaves of a Japanese farmhouse. According to rural lore, the silkworms ate so voraciously that, in the still of the night, the sounds of their chewing on the leaves could be heard throughout the house. Silk production is no longer a cottage industry in Japan so these old bamboo baskets have taken on new purpose as decorative household items. (See "At Home with Japa ...click for details
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Echigo Clothing Tansu, Meiji
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Pre 1900 item# 391693 (stock# 33-22)
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From an area northeast of Tokyo once called Echigo, now Nigata Prefecture, this 19th century tansu is typical of those commissioned by a country family for a daughter. Constructed of thick pieces of zelkova wood and made to last, it may have been built by the family carpenter. A dark, transparent finish was applied on the nicely grained wood. The three squared off lockplates, drawer pulls mounted on flat rectangular backplates, and corner plates, all with the tea seedpod motif, are typical of th ...click for details
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Japanese Battle Scene Print
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Pre 1940 item# 389159 (stock# 44-09)
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Plenty of arrows, essential to a good Japanese battle scene, whiz by the brave Emperor Godaigo in this representation of an historical skirmish that took place in the 14th century. This depiction of the Emperor's efforts to stem the tide of escaping warriors is a print from a pictorial album of Japanese history produced in 1935 in Japan by the Seibunsha office of Shohgo Takeuchi Publishing. The album, Yamatozakura, was hand assembled and contains wonderful illustrations of heroic figures. Th ...click for details
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Meiji Fukuro Obi
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Pre 1910 item# 382019 (stock# 61-19)
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Gold, light apricot and soft blush flowers with sharply contrasting centers of iridescent blue and black swirl through this gorgeous early 20th century silk brocade obi. Japanese obi, or kimono belts, were made in several styles during the Meiji period. The fukuro obi has a design only on one side, with the back and the front of the obi sewn together from two pieces rather than folded over as in the maru obi. The design may cover the entire front or sixty percent of the front to facilitate vario ...click for details
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Meiji Kaiko-Zaru (Silkworm Basket)
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Pre 1910 item# 380743 (stock# 56-08)
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In old Japanese farmhouses, large, shallow bamboo baskets such as this one were used for growing silkworms. The baskets were lined with mulberry leaves, then suspended horizontally up under the eaves. According to stories from the days when silk production was still a cottage industry in Japan, the worms ate so voraciously that in the quiet of the night the sound of their chewing on the leaves echoed throughout the houses. Today these old baskets are used as decorative items, adding texture and ...click for details
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Imari Charger, Meiji
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Pre 1900 item# 266673 (stock# 32-30)
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Chrysanthemums, bamboo, tree roots, leaves and brocade primarily in red and blue, with touches of green, grey and gold, somehow all come together in an orderly Japanese way in this 19th century Imari charger. The multi-faceted design carried out in several colors in both underglaze and enamel is typical of the type of Imari that gained immediate popularity in the West when overseas trade in Imari was introduced. The piece is in excellent condition. Diameter 18" (46 cm).
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