Large Japanese Bunraku Puppet Signed

Large Japanese Bunraku Puppet by Ningyō Ken I, Hero Figure, Shōwa Period, circa 1940–1960 An exceptional and museum-published Japanese Bunraku puppet by the celebrated master Ningyō...

Japanese Meiji Period Elaborate Bunraku Puppeta. 19th Century Meiji Period (1868-1912) Minor wear to textiles, fine antique condition, Original Bamboo display stand. DIMENSION Height: 33 inches Width: 18 inches Depth: 9 inches ABOUT Bunraku (puppet) depicting the warrior Minamoto Yoshistune his head carved of wood and covered in a fine white gofun with painted details, face of a handsome youth with trigger mechanism allowing for the eyebrows to raise and lower and the eyes to shift from side, is wearing military armor with signature dragon on his breastplate ,brocade patterning of his thick obi tie, sumptuous silk brocade kimono and brocade hakama trousers with the Minamoto Clan pattern, silk tabi socks...

Japanese Late Edo Period Life-Size Imperial Bunraku Head, Hands and Legs by Nagoshi Kenji, Ca. 1850 DIMENSIONS Head: 13” High Hands: 11” High Legs: 9” High ...

Presenting a high-end and important Japanese doll of Musha Ningyo Samurai Doll from the late Edo to the early Meiji period, a traditional Japanese warrior doll crafted with intricate...

A good quality early 20th century Japanese Kutani porcelain figure of a Courtier, dressed in a classical gown with hexagonal motif decoration, ...

Japanese Edo Period Musha Ningyo Seating Samurai, Ca. 1800 DIMENSIONS Height: 16 inches Width: 19 inches Depth: 10 inches ABOUT Musha Ningyō (武者人形)- Literal meaning: "Warrior Dolls...

Sculpture Samuraï Yoshitsune Puppet with structure in wood, hand-carved wood, hand-painted wood, hand-lacquered wood, covered with hand-embroidered silk puppet garments. With arro...

Ningyō Samurai Warrior Doll with Armor, circa 1750 A rare and exceptional Japanese Musha Ningyō (Samurai Warrior Doll), dating to the Edo Period (1603–1868), circa 1750. This outst...

Grande iki ningyō in legno, gesso e pigmenti con occhi di vetro, raffigurante un attore del teatro Kabuki (probabilmente Matsumoto Kōshirō VII, 1870-1949) nel ruolo di Benkei nell’op...

A somewhat rare and hard-to-find image by Japanese artist Masaoka Konobu Hasegawa (though we have also seen this image attributed to artist Hanabusa Hideki as well) of a male Bunraku puppet...