RARE LATE EDO PERIOD JAPANESE POLICE USED TSUKUBO MAN CATCHER POLEARM

In Edo period Japan the samurai were in charge of police operations, various levels of samurai police with help from non-samurai commoners used many types of non lethal weapons in order to capture sus

Old Japanese drip glaze pottery Funa-Tokkuri, Late Momoyama/Early Edo Period, old sake bottle used on ships, brown glazed with mottled and drip overglaze unmarked, approx. 15"h x 10"w Provenance: The

An exceptionally fine Japanese Makie lacquered wood clothing box with cover. Late Edo period, c.1850. Low rectangular box, the rim decorated with nashigi gold speckles, the top decorated with two diff

ANTIQUE Rare Japanese Bone/Ivory detail carved Tanto Short Swords, late Edo period. 14"-16 1/2" long

Japanese Fukusa Panel, Late Edo Period. Woven tapestry embellished with gold thread embroidery and with red lining used to cover a gift when presented by the giver. Several tears and bare threads. Siz

Katzomi stencil- late Edo period (1850's) Mulberry leaf screen - hand cut. Matted. Used in Yuzen stencil dye resist for surface pattern on kimono. Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve.

Japanese Edo Period Samurai Oversized Hitsu / Armour Box. Used to store samurai armour. Backpack style, kamons on side, rare size. 27 inches H x 17 x 17.

This is extremely rare and gorgeous Satsuma Kogo incense box. Probably is made during the Edo period in the late 1800s in Japan. It is in the shape of a pointed leaf with a snail (Daikoku Mallet) fina

A Japanese oribe pottery / stoneware incense box / kogo (used in Japanese tea ceremony). Late 17th / early 18th century, Edo period. Faceted square box with canted corners, olive glaze. Measures 2.25"

A charming hand made doll from Japan, Late Edo / Meiji, ca. 1860 to 1900. The Doll features elaborate costumes, human hair and a very finely painted wood/cork head, with a thin coat of paint, very fra

18th C Edo Period KAPPA Masterfully Carved Long Legged Bird Man and features Inset Eyes. Measures 5" Tall

East Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. An intimidating fragment from a polearm known as a sodegarami ("sleeve entangler") used by the samurai class in feudal Japan. This tool consists of a

Edo period (1603-1868) Kano School Byobu screen, likely late 18th century. Six panel screen with theme of royal house and activities such as two men playing go, court ladies reading and dancing with a

Carved wood, lacquered and partially gilded. With small flaws and cracks.Measurements: 71 cm. 71 cm

Late Edo Period watercolor on silk with rock outcropping holding pink peonies, dragonfly above, a pair of crawdads and a grasshopper below, 7 3/4" x 5 3/4"; PLUS Seven-line Poem and signature with thr

Late Edo period. At the inside the cuirass is dated and signed in red: “eleventh month of Ansei 3 (1856)†and “Yamamoto Jūnoshin†(a perso

Late Edo Period or Earlier six depictions of eagles on rocks with crashing waves and in forest, ink and pigment on paper, with chops, laid down on cloth with black lacquer frame. 68 in. H., 150 in. W.

Japanese Polychrome & Gilt Lacquer Figure of Kannon Bosatsu. Late Edo Period. Seated on a lotus pedestal. Intricate metal headpiece. Ht. 27" W 16" D 11".

Late Edo/early Meiji period (19th century), Japanese, likely Seishi and Kannon, each depicted standing, backed by a wheel-form halo, raised atop a double-lotus base on a stepped hexagonal pierced and

Momoyama and Edo Periods, late 16th-early 18th century A.D. A complete lacquered Samurai armour comprising: akoda-nari kabuto helmet with itamono-shikoro neck guard, Etchū-bo menpō iron face mas

Magnificent Edo Period Japanese Samurai Armor. Rare Blue Color, Kiritsuke Kozane Dou With Enormous Sope. Ken-suji Kabuto, 42 Plates With Very Elegant Maedate. Ultra Rare Hitsu Made To Be Transported B

Early Edo Period Samurai Armour. Stunning blue color high grade lacing, kebiki. Zunari kabuto with Ooni Devil maedate / helmet decoration, rare red hanpo. Hitsu box. Circa 1650-1700.

Momoyama Edo Period Japanese Samurai Armor Made Of Iron, Leasther, Silk And Fabric. Ultra Rare Eboshi Kabuto (helmet), Elegant And Sturdy (of Great Value). Armor Is Decorated With Bear Hair And Ukudut

Japanese Edo Samurai Daisho Set Kanezo W/ Judgment Papers Superb and rare Japanese samurai Daisho (Katana and Wakizashi) from the Edo period (1603-1862), signed Sendai Kanezo , the third Nobutaka. The