A FINE ARMOR WITH A NUINOBU CUIRASS Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century

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

ARTIST UNKNOWN, TOSA SCHOOL Four Paintings of Scenes from Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th Century Painted in ink, colours, and gold on paper within bands of gold

ANONYMOUS, TOSA SCHOOL Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century A six-panel byobu (folding screen), in ink, colour and gold on paper with silk borders mounted on a wood lattice and within a black lac

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

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

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 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

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

ANONYMOUS Suigetsu Kannon (Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century A hanging scroll brushed in ink on paper, depicting one of the thirty-three forms of the compassionate

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

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

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 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

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 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

AFTER OKUMURA MASANOBU (1686-1764) A Courtesan and Her Attendant Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century A hanging scroll painting in ink and colors on paper of a standing courtesan in a multi-layered ki

Umetada School A set of two fuchi-gashira for a daisho (set of long and short sword) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Each fuchi of copper and shakudo, the shakudo chiseled with parallel grooves a

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 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

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SILVER INLAID IRON AND RED LACQUER "ABUMI" STIRRUPS, SIGNED, EDO PERIOD (1603-1868), 18TH CENTURY, buckles suspend the vented, tapered necks, signed in inlay at the front ridges ove

antique Japanese samurai armor Edo Period c.18th century. Size 24 inches high overall.+ wood box. A set of Armor with arm guards, with antique wooden box. Ex NYC Collection.