AN UMOREGI NETSUKE OF A RAT Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century

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

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

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active c. 1850-1870). Battle Scene Triptych. Ukiyo-e woodblock print in color. c. Late 19th C., Edo period (1615-1868). Paper: 36 cm x 24 1/2 cm ea. Set of three prints di

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

A SOTEN SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH IMMORTALS Signed Soheishi Nyudo Soten seiJapan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The iron tsuba of marugata shaped and decorated in sukashi-bori wi

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

Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century, two oban prints from a triptych set depicting "The Tale of Genji" in an Edo period setting, published by Iseya-Rihei, framed under glass in gilded faux bamboo fra

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

Utagawa Kunisada (1786?1865, Japan). 19th century, Edo period (1615?1868) Japanese woodblock depicting a Kubuki scene, title "Actor as Master of Sagamiya (Sagamiya teishu)". Sight size: 13.25"h x 9.25

A GOTO SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH TIGER, BAMBOO, AND WATERFALL Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The shibuichi tsuba of mokkogata shape, very finely worked in high relief with silver highlig

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

YASUCHIKA: A FINE NARA SCHOOL SENTOKU TSUBA WITH NIO By a member of the Tsuchiya Yasuchika school, signed YasuchikaJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The octagonal sentoku tsuba finely worked

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 LACQUERED LIGHT WOOD THREE-CASE INRO WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM AND PEONY Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of upright, rounded rectangular form, the light wood ground neatly decorated in gold, sil

A SHIBUICHI AND GOLD TSUBAJapan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of maru-gata shape, with two hitsu, worked in fine takazogan with rich gold, depicting a plum tree and a samurai's baton (saih

A SILVER OJIME OF A RAKAN ON A LION Silver ojime Japan 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) A small ojime depicting the rakan (the Japanese word for arhat, one who has achieved nirvana) known as Shuba

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

Chikusai (Japanese, late 18th-early 19th century) Goldfish, Edo period Carved wood 3 x 10-1/2 x 6 inches (7.6 x 26.7 x 15.2 cm) Two-character m

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

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