A WOOD NETSUKE OF A PILE OF FISHES By Hidari Issan, Iwashiro, Edo period (1615-1868), early/mid ...

A Japanese Lacquered Wood Zushi ShrineEdo period (1615-1868), a traveling shrine with black lacquered exterior case with metal hardware that previously had gilt highlights, gilt interior to doors of s

A LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI Probably Edo period (1615–1868) The Buddha seating on a lotus throne with the right hand in vitarka mudra, the left hand resting on his thigh, tw

A Pair of Japanese Carved Gilt Wood Komainu and Shishi Guardian LionsEdo period (1615-1868), each lion is carved from a single piece of wood, their manes and eyebrows are painted in green and blue pig

(lot of 2) Japanese polychromed wood figure of a seated Shinto deity, Edo period (1615-1868), likely depicting the scholar Tenjin (Sugawara no Michizane, 845-903), remnants of gesso and polychrome pig

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

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

A Japanese Three-Part Isho Dansu Clothing Chest Edo period (1615-1868), three paulownia (kiri) wood chests that stack upon one another and rest on a stand, the bottom two chests identical with two lon

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

Akira Kawahara (Akihide) Japanese Edo Period carved wood netsuke with kappa on the back of a fish with another kappa in it's mouth. Great detail highlighted with eyes and inlaid shell. Signed on botto

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

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,

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

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),

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

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)

KISHI GANTAI (1782-1865) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1836-1853 A pair of hanging scrolls in ink on paper depicting on the right scroll a dragon grasping in its claws a branch of flowering prunus, an

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

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

A FIREMAN'S JACKET Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)The back of the hikeshi-banten (fireman's jacket) finely decorated with a wrathful tiger standing on a rock above a river, his head raised towards a fly

Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869) A True Picture of Itsukushima in Aki Edo period (1615-1868), middle of 19th century A four-panel folding screen in ink and colors on paper of the world-famour Sh

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

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