A WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA By Suketada, Takayama, Hida Province, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th...

A KOSHIRA-E (MOUNTING) FOR A DAISHO (MATCHING LONG AND SHORT SWORD) Edo period (1615-1868), mid 19th century with some earlier components The saya (scabbards) finished in an irregular mosaic of greeni

THREE TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to mid-19th century All shakudo, the first ovoid, finely cut in itozukashi ('thread-piercing') technique with sayagata (key-fret) patterns, the r

AN UMOREGI NETSUKE OF A RAT Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century The rat twisting left, grasping the base of its tail; unsigned. 3.7cm x 2.1cm (1 7/16in x 13/16in). Footnotes: Provenan

ANONYMOUS Cranes with Prunus Blossoms Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A two-panel folding screen, ink, colors, gofun (calcified crushed oyster-shell gesso), and gold on paper within a double silk

A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Rectangular with an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirigane and hirame embe

A SMALL LACQUER KODANSU (CABINET) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Lacquered in iro-e togidashi maki-e and nashiji on a ground of rōgin-nuri with scenes from Shitakiri suzume (The Tale of the

TWO GOLD-LACQUER INRO One by Josen(sai) and one by Hasensai, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The first decorated in gold takamaki-e with a peacock standing with its tail feathers erect and traili

Kimura Yasutoshi (active mid-19th century) A pair of fuchi-gashira for a daisho set of long and short sword Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century Of shakudo with prominent nanako grain, each fuchi

A FOUR-PANEL 'CHERRY TREE' FUSUMA (SLIDING DOORS) Edo Period (1615-1868), 19th Century Painted in ink and colors on gold leaf with a blossoming cherry tree, its long gnarled limbs stretching beyond th

FOUR TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The first rounded rectangular with a hammered-up edge, iron, gold, silver, and shakudo, depicting on side a rakan riding on a karyobinga b

UTAGAWA KUNIYASU (1794-1832) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A ōtanzaku yoko-e diptych entitled Kagamiyama no onna gyōretsu (Procession of Women at Kagamiyama), signed Kuniyasu ga 6 3/4

TESSHIN A Lacquer-Decorated Kiseruzutsu (Pipe Case) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The muso-zutsu pipe case of woven lacquered paper decorated with two persimmons in colored lacquer and inlaid s

A Japanese Two Panel Folding Screen of Bears Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century, ink, colors and gilt on paper, two panel folding screen byobu, featuring a family of bears, mother together with her

ANONYMOUS (18TH-19TH CENTURY) Flock of Cranes Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century A six-panel folding screen in ink, color, and gold on paper depicting a flock of 17 cranes standing on the shore

THIRTEEN KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century All chiselled and inlaid with gold, silver, shakudo, or shibuichi, the first four copper; the first with a flying crane and

Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869) A True Picture of Itsukushima in Aki Edo period (1615-1868), middle of 19th century A four-panel folding screen in ink and colors on paper of the world-famour Sh

KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/early 19th century A surimono depicting an ise-ebi (Japanese spiny lobster), two hamayumi (ceremonial miniature bows) with arrows in a stand, and

EIGHT FUCHIGASHIRA (HILT COLLARS AND POMMELS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century The first iron, shakudo, and gold, depicting dragons and clouds, signed Katsuryuken gyonen rokujugo Masayoshi

ELEVEN TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century All iron, the first chiselled, pierced, and with gold overlay as two cockerels; the second chiselled and pierced as two aoi leav

TWELVE TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century All iron, chiselled and pierced, the first three Nanban (European-influenced) style with intricate openwork, the first octagonal

FOUR IRON TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century The first and second pierced with intricate key-fret patterning; the third and fourth each formed from 32 overlapping rivett

THREE FUCHI (HILT COLLARS) AND SIX FUCHI-GASHIRA (HILT COLLARS AND POMMELS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century The first fuchi shakudo nanako and gold, with tigers and a cub crossing a river

A SET OF MENUKI (MATCHED HILT GRIPS) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century Each of gold, modelled and chiselled as a running hare, the fur minutely worked, one signed with a kao (cursiv

A SET OF MENUKI (MATCHED HILT GRIPS) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century Each of gold, modelled and chiselled as a bunch of ayame (irises) wrapped in a silk cloth for a summer iris fe