Fine Japanese Art

A pair of inlaid iron abumi (stirrups)Inlaid by Yazaemon Nagatsugu of Kanazawa, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryOf typical form, each inlaid o...

A pair of inlaid iron abumi (stirrups)By Nobukuni, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th centuryOf typical form, each inlaid on the front w...

Nine iron sukashi (openwork) tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th centuryUnsigned and circular except as noted, the designs as...

Nine iron sukashi (openwork) tsuba (sword guards)Momoyama (1573-1615) and Edo (1615-1868) period, late 16th to 19th centuryUnsigned and circular e...

Nine iron sukashi (openwork) tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th centuryUnsigned and circular except as noted, the designs as...

A kyo-shoami iron tsuba (sword guard)Edo period (1615-1868), 17th centuryFour-lobed cruciform with hammered-up rim, the well-patinated iron surfac...

A 'shingen' tsuba (sword guard)Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th/18th centuryCircular, the thick iron plate with elaborate bands of ropework in br...

Three sentoku (brass alloy) tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe first irregular oval, chased and inlaid in relief with Soj...

Eight iron tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th centuryThe first circular, pierce carved and modelled as a chrysanthemum plant (g...

Five shakudo tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryAll except the fifth almost circular, the first with nanako ground,...

Three tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868) and Showa era (1926–1989), 19th/20th centuryThe first brightly patinated copper mokko with a hamm...

Four tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th centuryThe first iron, almost circular, chased in relief and inlaid in silver with a wi...

Six tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryUnsigned except as noted: The first two sentoku or brass, of similar design,...

A kenjo (presentation) tsuba (sword guard)By Bairyuken Kiyotatsu, Nishijin, Kyoto, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th centuryIron, of mo...

Two unusually shaped tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryBoth unsigned, the first copper alloy, in the form of a gun...

Two iron tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe first circular, chased in relief with the head of a grimacing ogre, perhaps t...

Two daisho (large and small) sets of tsuba (sword guards)Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe first set shakudo migaki-ji, each chased in katag...

Seven kozuka (knife handles)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryThe first sentoku, inlaid in mixed metals with a monkey in a tortoiseshe...

Ten kozuka (knife handles)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryThe first shibuichi, chased and inlaid with a goose and reeds by a stream,...

A set of kozuka (knife handle) and menuki (paired hilt ornaments), and eight kozuka (knife handles)The set: Style of Araki Tomei (1817-1870), Edo ...

12 kozuka (knife handles)Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th-19th centuryUnsigned except as noted, the first shakudo nanako, inlaid in gold and silv...

11 fuchi (hilt collars)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryAll shakudo nanako decorated in mixed-metal relief as follows: the first a ti...

12 fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collars and pommels)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryThe first shibuichi, with horses chased in katag...

Five fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collars and pommels)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryAll shibuichi except the fifth, inlaid in mix...

A set of fuchi (hilt collar), kashira (hilt pommel), and kojiri (scabbard tip), and five fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collars and pommels)Edo peri...

A set of kogai (skewer), fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collar and pommel), and menuki (paired hilt ornaments), and a mitokoromono (kozuka, kogai, a...

Nine pairs of menuki (paired hilt ornaments)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryAll of mixed metal with relief inlay and chasing and uns...

A koto katana (long sword)By Kuniyasu, Nanbokucho period (1336-1392), 14th centuryOf elegant shinogi-zukuri form with ko-gissaki and shallow koshi...

A koto katana (long sword)Attributed to Kokubunji Sukekuni of Bingo, Kamakura period (1185-1333), early 14th centuryThe slender blade of shinogi-z...

A koto wakizashi (short sword)By Tajima Kunimitsu, Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th centuryOf hira-zuri form with medium sori and bo-hi ni tsure...

A Shinto wakizashi (short sword)Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryThe blade of shinogi-zukuri form, gunome-ha of nioi and nie, indistinct ...

A finely mounted aikuchiThe blade: after Umetada Myoju, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe tanto blade of hira-...

A koshira-e (set of mounts) for a katana (long sword)The fittings: Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 18th centuryThe saya of polished same, the iron...

A finely mounted daisho (set of long and short sword)The katana: by Yamashiro no kami Fujiwara Toshinaga, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-17th century...

Two ivory figure okimonoMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first of Gama Sennin, clutching a gnarled cane attached with a gour...

Three ivory okimono figuresMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising: a mother standing and dressed in an elegant kimono, clut...

Two ivory okimono figuresOne by Yuho, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising an Ainu hunter, standing and holding a pole on...

An ivory okimono group of figuresMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising two kago (palanquin) bearers, one standing at eithe...

Four small ivory okimonoMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th to early 20th centuryComprising: a seated oni (demon) seated with a tokkuri (sake flask) ...

An ivory okimono of a hunterMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryStanding with a quiver strapped on his back and a dead bird suspend...

Two ivory okimono groupsMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th to early 20th centuryComprising one of Daikoku, seated holding a sack and mallet atop a r...

Three ivory okimono figuresMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th to early 20th centuryComprising: an eagle gripping with its talons a monkey lying acro...

An ivory okimono group of three monkeysBy Hozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising three monkeys huddled on the ground...

Five small ivory okimonoMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th to early 20th centuryComprising: a group of five rats forming a circle, two offspring cla...

A small ivory okimono of a bananaMeiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically carved with its skin pa...

An ivory and gold-lacquered small cabinetMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryOf conventional form, with a symmetrical arrangement o...

A pair of ivory baluster vasesBy Kaneyuki, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryBoth intricately and boldly carved in varying degree...

An ivory okimono group of the three sake testersBy Ichiyusai Munetoshi/Soju, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryConsisting of Shak...

An ivory four-panel folding screenBy Otani Mitsutoshi, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely carved in low relief with a conti...

An inlaid ivory and silver-mounted rectangular box and coverMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryIntricately carved predominantly in...

A gold-lacquer and ivory okimono of the takarabune (treasure ship)By Eishin, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe ship lacquered...

A gold-lacquer, ivory and shibayama-inlaid portable rectangular kodansu (cabinet)Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryApplied with 1...

A pair of silver-mounted, enamelled, and carved ivory vasesBy Hayashi Chikayuki/Shuko and Tomomasa, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th ce...

An inlaid ivory and lacquered oval box and coverMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFixed on an elaborate wood four-legged mytholog...

Two ivory and Shibayama-inlaid card cases and two game countersMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th to early 20th centuryEach card case lavishly decor...

A silver-mounted, ivory, silver filigree and inlaid Shibayama four-sided vaseMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe rectangular bo...

A Shibayama-inlaid and lacquered wood cabinetMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryConstructed in two separate sections and of conven...

A gold-lacquer Shibayama-inlaid and cloisonné-enamel rounded-rectangular trayBy Nakayama Teimin (Gosokusai, born 1848), Meiji era (1868-1912), lat...

A gold-lacquer, silver-mounted, Shibayama-style vaseBy Miyamoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe spherical kinji body embel...

A gold-lacquer and Shibayama-inlaid tanto koshira-e (ornamental mounting for a short sword)Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe ...