Hanging scroll with a pair of ducks by Emori Tenju 江森天寿 (1887-1925) - signed and sealed - "Wild ducks in snow" - Japan - ca. 1910-20s
Pair of bronze vases with sculpted and signed interior - Japan - 1868/1912 (Meiji Era)
Old theatrically painted Noh mask - Kongo Rikishi - Japan - Mid 20th century
Antique hexagonal Satsuma vase - marked 'Nanbe' - Japan - early 20th century
Original triptych woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 – 1861) - "Sumo Wrestlers Fighting" - Japan - 1850
Lacquer plate with bird and floral decoration - Japan - Late 19th century
Long-neck single-stem vase - Signed - Japan - circa 1900
Two woodblock prints by Utamaro (1753- 1806) (reprints) - 'The Honest Type' and 'The Good for Nothing Type' from the series "A Parent's Moralising Spectacles" - Japan - ca. 1970
Arita bowl with landscape - Japan - 1770-90 (Mid Edo period)
A set of a large ningyo doll presenting a woman and her flowers filled cart, box with kyugetsu house seal - Japan - 1st half 20th
Original woodblock print by Utagawa Gountei Sadahide (1807-1878) – "Travelling through the land of the Emishi" – Japan – around 1850
Iwachu testubin (iron teapot) - Japan - Mid 20th century
Two woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) (reprints) - 'Seki' and 'Fujisawa' from the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" - Japan - ca. 1960
Hand painted scroll by Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845) - "Pine tree, Bamboo, plum, and cranes" - Japan - Mid 19th century (Edo period)
Imari bottle vase – Japan – Early 20th century
A large red lacquer ware ('urushi') drinking dish ('sakazuki') meant for the wedding ceremony - Japan - ca. 1910-1925 (Meiji / Taisho period)
Large Imari porcelain plate with hand-painted garden design - Japan - Late 19th century
Original diptych, chirimengami-e (prints) by Yamazaki Toshinobu (1857-86) - Nobeoka ranks - Japan - 1877
Handmade Shibori Haori Jacket - Japan - Mid 20th century
Wooden demon festival mask - Oni 鬼 - Japan - 1970
Houtsnede ddor Torii Kiyomitsu 鳥居清満 (1735-1785) (herdruk) – "Perspective print of the New Yoshiwara" Japan – Meiji period (1868-1912)
Wonderful okimono sculpture in ceramic and Satsuma - 'Tamon ten' - Japan Circa 1930
Scroll painting - 'Revenge of the Soga brothers Juro and Goro' - signed and sealed by the artist - Japan - Early 20th century
Original woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Onnagata (kabuki actor specialized in female roles) as the Wife Orachi - Japan - ca. 1847-50
Cream-coloured woodcut by Kono Bairei (1844-1895) of 2 mythical Ho-o birds (Phoenix) with mount Fuji in the back - Japan - approx. 1880
Original triptych woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada III (1848-1920) - "Chronicle of the Korean War" Japan - 1891
Antique silk kuro-tomesode kimono with exquisite decoration of crane and pine, bamboo, plum pattern - Japan - Mid 20th century
Antique chochin traditional lantern with Tsutsui samurai mon emblem - Japan - Late 19th century
Four Japan auction catalogues from Boisgirard-Antonini, Paris. With more than 1200 items - France - 2014/2016
Bronze incense burner, Takarabune ('treasure ship') - Japan - mid-20th century
Woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) (Takamizawa reprint) - "Seven Bridges in One View with Mount Fuji" - Japan - ca. 1960
Large Satsuma plate – with "Dai Nippon" hallmark – circa 1920-30.
Two porcelain vases with Satsuma decor of Rakan (Arhats) - Marked 'Kinkozan' - Japan - ca. 1930s
A pair of antique bronze incense burners - Japan - ca. 1900 (Meiji period)
Lacquer sake cup ("sakazuki") with crane flying over hills - Japan - Early 20th century
Zen scroll by Hirata Tatsuhiko (1928-?) - "Enso and Taneda Santoka's poem" - Signed and sealed - Japan - Mid 20th century
Three antique Imari porcelain vases with floral decoration - Japan - Late 19th century
Original etching from Ùtagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) – Actor of the Kabuki Otani Tomo'emon comme Miura no suke Yoshimura – Japan – 1865
Woodcut by Tōshūsai Sharaku (active 1794-1795) (reprint) - Actors Ichikawa Komazô II as Kameya Chubei and Nakayama Tomisaburô as Umegawa - Japan - Early 20th century
'Dragon with pearl' signed by Suiho 翠芳 Impressive handpainted scroll painting on cloth, incl. wooden scroll box - Japan - ca. 1920
Fabulous okimono ceramic sculpture - Satsuma - 'Character with rabbit' - Japan - ca. 1930
Two antique sake cup holders (haidai) & 2 Kutani sake cups - Japan - 2nd half 19th century
Silk kimono maru obi - Japan - Mid 20th century
Large woodblock print by Hokusai (1760–1849) (reprint) - "Mitsui Shop at Suruga-cho" from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" - Japan - ca. 1960
Whist markers in ivory and fine wood - Japan, circa 1890 (Meiji Era)
Porcelain gold Kutani dish - marked 'Kaga kuni Matsubara sei Seizan ga' - Japan - 19th century
Pair of large moriage Satsuma vases - Left marked 'Shinzan' and Right marked 'Maruni & Co' - Japan - ca. 1920s
Original print by Chikuyôdô (act. the 1860s) - 'Kabuki actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Tachibana no Tsurukichi' - Japan - Year 1862.
Wooden lacquerware panel inlaid with bone - signed - Japan - early 20th century
Woodblock print.by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) (reprint) - 'Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara, Sado province' from the series "Abridged Illustrated Biography of the Founder" - Japan - 1930s
Satsuma flat porcelain bowl – marked "Gyozan" – Japan – Early 20th century
Original woodblock print illustration by Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750) - 'Watching Sparklers' from the book "Tokiwa gusa" (Picture-book of Evergreens- Pine-trees), vol. 2 - Japan - ca. 1732
Hanging scroll by Iwasa Koko 岩佐古香 (ca. 1884-1951) - "Nobunaga Takes the Field" 信長出陣図 - w/box - Japan - ca. 1940
Original war woodcut triptych by Utagawa Kokunimasa (1874–1944) - 'The big victory of our army in Pyongyang' - c. 1895–1905
Collection of 6 Kozuka-style knives - Japan - Early 20th century
Woodcut by Shotei Hokuju (Act. c. 1789-1818) (reprint) - 'View of Tsukuda Island' from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)" - Japan - Late 19th century
Bronze crayfish - Japan - Late 19th/early 20th century
Original woodblock print by Tuskioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92) - 'Lady Asaoka' from the series "A Mirror of Beauties of the Past and Present" - Japan - ca. 1875-76
Hanging scroll by Watanabe Shotei (1850-1918) - 'Heron' - Japan - ca. 1900
Ivory Okimono. Samurawashi, monkey handler - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
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