Fine Japanese Art Including Meiji Masterpieces from a Distinguished Deceased Estate

A GOLD-LACQUER SMALL THREE-CASE INRO IN RINPA STYLEEdo period (1615-1868), early 18th century The kinji ground, lacquered with foliage floating on...

IIZUKA TOYO LINEAGE AFTER A DESIGN BY HOGEN EISENA Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular kinji ...

KOMA KYUHAKU LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Five-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryDecorated in gold hiramaki-e, kirikane, e-nashiji ...

KANSHOSAI TOYO LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rich nashiji ground decorated in gold, silver...

YAMADA JOKASAI LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the ...

KANSHOSAI TOYO LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Ribbed Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular, ribbed body decorated in g...

HARA YOYUSAI (1772-1845/6)A Gold-Lacquer Five-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the kinji ground lacq...

A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The rounded rectangular kinji ground decorated in e-nas...

SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Black-and-Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe vertical rounded rectangular body with a ro...

SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, decorated with a continuous...

SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro after a Painting by Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryOf rounded...

YAMAMOTO SHUNSHO LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular roiro body lacquered i...

NAKAOJI MOEIA Black-and-Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryThe vertical rounded rectangular body with a roiro g...

JITOKUSAI GYOKUZAN LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Five-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryDecorated in gold and black takamaki-e and g...

A BLACK-LACQUER BROAD FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), early/mid-19th centuryThe black-lacquer ground decorated in polychrome and gold takama...

A SILVER-LACQUER BROAD FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular body decorated in sumi-e togidashi maki-...

A GOLD-LACQUER BROAD THREE-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe roiro ground decorated in gold togidashi maki-e with three large sparr...

AFTER HARA YOYUSAI (1772-1845/6)A Black-Lacquer Three-Case Inro Late Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryThe ro...

KANSHOSAI TOYO LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Four-Case InroEdo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular body decorated in gold hi...

A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular kinji body decorated i...

HIDEHISAAn Inlaid Metal Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912) mid-/late 19th centuryThe brass ground applied in high rel...

KAJIKAWA BUNRYUSAI LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe kinji ground decorated in gold takamaki-e, kirika...

KAJIKAWA LINEAGE A Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe oval rounded rectangular kinji ground decorated in gold an...

IMAIZUMI NARIYUKI (SEISHI, ACTIVE CIRCA 1910-1950)A Black-Lacquer Broad Three-Case Inro Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century ...

TATSUKE TAKAMITSUAn Ishimeji-Lacquer Small Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of rounded rectangular form with an ishimeji (simu...

A GOLD-LACQUER FIVE-CASE INROMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe kinji ground decorated in black, gold, silver and red takamaki...

ATTRIBUTED TO JIKAN GANBUNAn Inlaid Wood Large Tonkotsu (Tobacco Box) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryOf straight-sided form and oval plan, in...

AKASHIA Wood Netsuke of a Hechima (Sponge Cucumber) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe vegetable naturalistically rendered with a spider ...

DEME JOMANTwo Wood Netsuke of Noh Masks Edo period (1615-1868), probably mid-19th centuryBoth representing Jo (old man) masks with the distinctive...

TWO OKIMONO NETSUKEOne by Bunsai and one by Shuzan Meiji (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first a lacquered wood blind monk, kneeling ...

SUZUKI TOKOKU (1846-1913)An Inlaid Wood Netsuke of Daruma Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centurySeated in meditation beside an alms b...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SHISHI (CHINESE LION-DOG)Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe shishi seated, its head raised, turning to the right...

TEN ASSORTED METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising two of inlaid iron, one slender and cylindrical, applied wit...

TEN ASSORTED METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising an inlaid iron circular ojime carved with a cockerel pecking...

TWO MIXED-METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising one of a copper crab crawling over a silvered-metal lotus seed ...

FIVE METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising two of inlaid iron, one tubular inlaid in shibuichi low relief with ...

TWO OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising one gold circular ojime partially pierced and carved with dense peony bloss...

A MIXED-METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryOf silver and gilt, in the form of Benkei and the bell of Miidera, the warr...

THREE OJIME OF DIFFERENT MATERIALSMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising a wood double-mask ojime depicting Hannya on one ...

THREE MIXED-METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centurythe first of inlaid shakudo in the form of a bamboo node decorated in hi...

A BAMBOO HOSSU (PRIEST'S FLY WHISK) Taisho (11912-1926) or Showa era (1926-1989), early 20th centuryThe whisk of thinly split bamboo, the strands ...

SUGUNOYA SHOKOA Wood Okimono (Table Ornament) of Three Puppies Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryThe largest ...

YOKOTA HOSAI (1899-1975)A Free-Hanging Bamboo Flower Basket Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th centuryWorked in smoked hobichiku (fern-leaf hedge bam...

MYOCHIN FAMILYAn Iron Jizai Okimono of a Lobster Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryNaturalistically rendered ...

MUNESADAAn Iron Jizai Okimono of a Sawagani (Fresh Water or River Crab) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1915), mid-/late 19th centuryThe...

A BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF A CRABMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe crustacean separately cast and assembled, the legs and claw...

A WOOD JIZAI OKIMONO OF A DRAGONMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically rendered and constructed of extremely smoothly...

ARTIST UNKNOWNFive Wood Jizai Okimono of Insects, Showa era (1926-1989), probably mid-20th centuryProbably not of Japanese origin, comprising an o...

MITSUTA HARUO (B. 1980)A Copper, Brass and Gold plated Jizai Okimono of a Japanese Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica) Heisei era (1989-2019)...

MITSUTA HARUO (B. 1980)A Bronze and Brass Jizai Okimono of a Dragonfly Heisei era (1989-2019), 21st centuryThe dragonfly realistically rendered, t...

A LARGE SILVER JIZAI OKIMONO OF A SPINY LOBSTERMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe silver body formed from individually cast, h...

A BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF AN EBI (SPINY LOBSTER)Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically rendered, the legs, antennae a...

A BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF A CRABMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe crustacean separately cast and assembled, the legs and claw...

KANAYA GOROSABURO LINEAGEAn Iron Jizai Okimono of a Crab Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryThe crab realistic...

A LARGE BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF A SPINY LOBSTERMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe reddish-brown body formed from individually ...

RYUKI (NOGAMI, TATSUOKI 1865-1932)A Patinated Bronze Okimono (Table Ornament) of a Minogame (Bushy-Tailed Tortoise) Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (191...

A BRONZE OKIMONO (TABLE ORNAMENT) OF TWO TURTLESMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically cast, showing one small turtle...

RYUKI (NOGAMI TATSUOKI, 1865-1932)A Patinated Bronze Model of a Turtle Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, late 19th/e...

YOSHINOBUA Bronze Okimono (Table Ornament) of a Turtle Meiji (1869-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically modelled, crawling with its...

A PAIR OF BRONZE LIFE-SIZE MODELS OF GEESEEdo period (1615-1868), early/mid-19th century The pair of birds realistically depicted, each with its ...