AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN A Faceted Three-Case Inrō Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era,...

KOSEI A Bronze Okimono (Table Ornament) of Three Turtles Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century Naturalistically cast, showing two smaller turtles attempting to clim

SIX SILVER CIGARETTE CASES Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ early 20th century Each hinged, the interiors recessed to hold cigarettes, decorated on the exterior with chiseled an

THE KIBUNDŌ COMPANY An Iron Tetsubin (Tea Kettle) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century The body of the kettle with surface texture like that of tangerine skin

MAKUZU KOZAN WORKSHOP A Porcelain Baluster Vase Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century Decorated in underglaze cobalt, enamels, and white slip with stalks of lotus and nashi p

A MAGNIFICENT GOLD-LACQUER SET OF WRITING TABLE, DOCUMENT BOX, AND WRITING BOX Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ early 20th century Comprising a bundai of standard form with a ka

STYLE OF SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) A Lacquer Tonkotsu (Tobacco Container) in the Form of an Ink Cake Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Of rectangular section with internal

Yabu Meizan (1853-1934) A fine Satsuma dish Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, circa 1900 The dish formed with a lobed rim painted in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear, crackled ground

Sozan for the Kinkozan Workshop (circa 1900) A fine Satsuma dish Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, circa 1900 The deep, circular dish finely painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with a ce

A PAIR OF BRONZE FOXES Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century Of cast bronze, each modeled in typical pose, seated alert on its haunches, its chest thrust forward and its body

KOMA KYŪHAKU (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) An Inlaid-Lacquer Writing Box Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century With kabusebuta (overhanging lid) and sumikiri (cut-off corners) w

Japanese Moriage Cloisonne Vase, late Meiji period (1868-1912)/Taisho period (1912-1926), attributed to Gonda Hirosuke (1865-1937), the vase decorated with two carp, one pink and one blue-gray, swimmi

Four-Piece Japanese Silver and Cloisonne Smoking Set, Meiji period (1868-1912)/Taisho period (1912-1926), the wireless work with a design of Mt. Fuji, a bay, boats and pine trees on a shaded blue grou

SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) Cormorant Fishing Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880 Hanging scroll, painted in ink and colors on silk, depicting in the foreground two cormorant fishermen and their assistan

(lot of 2) Japanese two-case inro, Edo/Meiji period, reddish brown lacquered with a dragon fly and lotus leaves, signed 'Zeshin" (Shibata Zeshin 1807-1891); together with a brown lacquered three-case

SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) A Black-Lacquer Tray Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century The rectangular tray with slightly rounded walls and a stepped rim lacquered with an seidō-nuri ground, th

AFTER SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) An Urushi-e (Lacquer Painting) of a Maple Tree Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1872-1890 Colored urushi (lacquer) on paper, mounted in silk and paper as a kakejiku (hangi

TOUN A Cast-Bronze Candlestick Holder in the Form of a Dragon Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century The three-clawed dragon lying on its back with its serpentine body and tail rising upw

KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) Taisho (1912-1926) era, circa 1921 An ōban tate-e print entitled Uji Byōdō-in no ichibu (Part of the Byōdō-in Temple at Uji), from the series Tabi miy

KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) Taisho (1912-1926) era, 1924 An oban tate-e and an oban yoko-e print (both framed); the first entitled Osaka Takatsu (View from Takatsu in Osaka); the second entitled Kinosaki

KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) Taisho era (1912-1926), 1925 An ōban tate-e print entitled Shiba Zōjōji (Zōjō-ji Temple in Shiba), from the series Tōkyō nijūkei (20 Vi

RAKU SEINYŪ (KICHIZAEMON XII, 1887-1944) A Black Raku Ware Tea Bowl Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, after 1919 A glazed earthenware chawan with lustrous black glaze featuring a short

YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 1926 A large woodblock print entitled Hansen, yoru (Sailboats: Night), from the series Seto Naikai shū (Inland Sea), signe

ELIZABETH KEITH (1887-1956) Man Smoking a Pipe Taisho era (1912-1926), circa 1919 A watercolor on paper depicting a seated Chinese man dressed in a long winter tunic and a fur hat smoking a pipe, a te

KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 1923-1931 Comprising an aiban tate-e and two oban tate-e prints (each framed); the first entitled Uchiyamashita, Okayama, from the