A KOSHIRA-E (MOUNTING) FOR A TANTO (DAGGER) AND LACQUER STORAGE BOX Edo period (1615-1868), 18th...

A GOLD-LACQUER WRITING BOX Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century A suzuribako with rounded corners, the inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid with rounded chiri-i edges, the interior fitted with a tray to

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

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 MINIATURE LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVER Japan, late Edo period (1615-1868)Of circular form, the cover decorated in gold hiramaki-e with mallow leaves and a bud. The interior of nashjii with g

A LACQUER BOX AND COVER WITH MONS Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of rectangular form, the roiro ground finely decorated with gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and e-nashiji with leafy scrolling

A LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVER WITH FANS DEPICTING THE SHOCHIKUBAI Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of square form with rounded corners, the mura-nashiji ground finely decorated

A LACQUER COSMETIC BOX WITH DESIGN OF CLEMATIS Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The box with rounded corners and domed cover decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e on a nashiji ground, the design

AN AIKUCHI DAGGER Japan, Edo period (1603 - 1868) (blade and koshirae) Blade Straight shape with iori mune. Koshirae Saya and tsuka with green-grey and partly black lacquer finish. Copper kojiri and f

A BLACK LACQUER WRITING BOX Edo period, (1615-1868), 19th century An almost square suzuribako with sumikiri (chamfered) corners, the kabusebuta (overhanging) lid with a flat top, the interior fitted w

KAJIKAWA LINEAGE A black and gold lacquer writing box Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A suzuribako with square corners and inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid, the interior with a nine-section ita

A BLACK LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRŌ Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of rounded rectangular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold and aokin hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, with accents o

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

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

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), 1851 An ōban tate-e print triptych entitled Nanke yūshi Shijō-Nawate nite uchijini (Last Stand of the Kusunoki Heroes at Shijō

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832 An oban yoko-e print of Izumizaki yagetsu (Night Moon at Izumizaki) from the series Ryukyu hakkei (Eight Views of the Ryukyu Islands),

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864) Edo period (1615-1868), 1853 A set of 55 chūban tate-e prints from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road)

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) Edo period (1615-1868), 1843-1847 An ōban tate-e triptych entitled Kiyomori Nyudo Nunobiki no taki yuran Akugenda Yoshihira no rei Nanba Jirō o utsu (During the

TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) A Group of Six Woodblock Prints Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912), 1860s and 1878 Each an ōban tate-e, the first, of a beauty next to a bottle of sa

HARA YŌYŪSAI (1772-1845/6) A Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inrō Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of oval profile with applied cord runners, decorated in gold, silver, and colored hiramaki-

Edo period, own by warload of the period, each lacquer is in sepaerate space of the storage box, very well painted, measures 23 cm by 23 cm by 8 cm for each lacquer piece (9" by 9" by 3"ht); whole sto

A BLACK-LACQUER NERIKAWA SUIT OF ARMOR WITH A HARAMAKI DŌ Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The kawari kabuto of momonari (peach) form of lacquered leather with an iron visor, the wide five-la

A Japanese katana blade in shirasaya and a fitting koshirae, Edo periodKlinge Shinogi Tsukuri, Chu Kissaki, Torii Zori, Ko Gunome Ko Notare Hamon, goldbelegtes Habaki mit Neko Gaki. Schmiedefehler im

RAKU RYŌNYŪ (KICHIZAEMON IX, 1756-1834) A Red Raku Ware Tea Bowl Edo period (1615-1868), after 1811 The earthenware chawan featuring a variegated glaze of shades of red, orange, gray, black,