JAPAN EDO Period (1603 - 1868) Tsuba Provenance:

Iron, alloys, brocade and diverse materials, Japan. Edo period (1603 -1868) The multi-piece set of armor is a rare example, because of how nearly complete it is. From the helmet to the mask, to the sh

Japan, Edo Period (1603-1868). Full stock, octagonal barrel with incised and gilt characters and dragon. Brass trigger, hammer and pan guard. Some wear, ramrod has end loss. 57"l.

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

Standing Kannon Bosatsu, Japan, Edo period(1603-1868) 17th/18th c., wood set with gold paint and sheet metal diadem with wire attached beads, soft carved design, the compassionate Bodhisattva Avaloite

East Asia, Japan, late Edo period (1603-1868). An impressively long and finely painted scroll. The imagery presents with fluid, sparse brushwork characteristic of painters in the late Edo period (1603

Imari shoulder vase, Japan, Arita, Edo period(1603-1868), 1st half 19th c., Porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze, iron red onglaze painting and gold color, wide flower vase ribbed in the shape of cha

Japan, Edo period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A skillfully carved wooden shishi (or jishi - translates as "lion"), a noble mythological beast traditionally used as an architectural element placed under the

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

**Originally Listed At $200** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A hand-carved wooden ladle with a lengthy handle used for serving and drinking liquids as well as for watering horses o

**First Time At Auction** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A lovely wooden incense box comprised of several wooden slats that are secured with dozens of iron pins. The rectangular bo

**First Time At Auction** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A fine gathering of arrows made with slender bamboo bodies. Two arrows have diamond-shaped, forged-steel points, two have i

**Originally Listed At $300** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A beautiful example of a lengthy polearm known as a "naginata" (literally "mowing down sword" or "reaping sword"). The

East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. Two wonderful sets of cast-copper and cast-silver menuki meant to be secured within the handle wraps of a traditional Japanese sword. Each shorter co

East Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A fine and large example of a forged-iron grapping hook called a kaginawa (kagi meaning "hook," and nawa meaning "rope") with a lengthy rod-form body

**Originally Listed At $250** East Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A lovely group of cast-copper menuki, petite ornaments meant to be displayed behind the cotton handle wrappings of a tr

**Originally Listed At $150** East Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A finely preserved pair of waraji (sandals) that are formed from rough straw fibers woven around a central fibrous core

**Originally Listed At $750** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A hand-carved wooden archery stand with a slightly curved body, a pronged base, a hinged collar with a slender arm prot

**Originally Listed At $50** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A lacquered wood finial of a flag used in "uma jirushi", samurai heraldry. This would have been attached atop a large fl

Gold Lacquered Wood Buddha, Edo Period, Japan (1603-1868 AD) This gold lacquered wood standing Buddha has both hands in Abhayamudra, the gesture of reassurance and safety, which dispels fear and acco

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

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

Edo Period, 1603-1868 Circular iron, 2 3/8 diameter for wakizashi, the short sword. Single riobitsu. The field boldly chiseled in aquatic foliage both sides with brass pique accents (two piques lackin

Japanese, Edo Period (1603-1868). A group of 3 iron kyo-sukashi (openwork) tsubas comprising one of naga maru gata form with maru mimi (rim) and central nakago-ana flanked to left by rounded kôzuka-b

This is a phenomenal Edo period (1603-1868) Myochin Hiroyoshi / Hung-Mei Japanese Jizai Okimono Iron Articulated Crayfish, signed. Provenance: the Owen D. Mort, Jr. Collection. Owen David Mort was an