Japanese Decorative Art

This is a vintage hanging window panel. A Japanese, etched glass framed crane study, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940. Fascinating window charm, with a rich red finish...

A gorgeous pair of 19th-Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari dark blue porcelain chargers. These fine large plates have lovely scalloped edges and hand painted floral decorations in t...

An early re-release Japanese film poster for James Bond's From Russia With Love, directed by Terrence Young and Connery's second outing as 007. A wonderful poster in fantastic condi...

Extraordinary contemporary Japanese two-panel "byobu" or folding screen showcasing genryoku style handcrafted raised embroidered silk brocade kimono Japanese decorative art in autumn...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Clas...

An American football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. A fantastic Sc-Fi film and a fant...

A striking 19th century antique Imari plate with a scalloped edge. Featuring vibrant oranges, blues, and green. The multi-color design depicts traditional Japanese motifs, showcasing...

Exceptional Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono Japanese decorative art in crimson red, black and gold o...

Extraordinary Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted raised pure silk kimono in black, red and gold on textured black backgrou...

Stolen Kisses 1969 Poster Japanese B2 film movie poster Original Japanese film poster for François Truffaut's superb 60s romcom, Baisers volés aka Stolen Kisses. Very cool design....

The Man with the Golden Arm 1956 Japanese B2 film poster Incredibly rare first-year-of-release Japanese film poster for Otto Preminger 50s c...

A gorgeous pair of 19th-Century Japanese Meiji Period Imari porcelain chargers with hand painted floral decorations in the traditional Imari colors. These fine large plates have love...

A charming and rare pair of antique hand-embroidered silk panels, richly decorated with delicate Chinoiserie scenes. Each panel features finely stitched birds in flight, flowering br...

This is an antique framed woodblock print. A Japanese, after Heian era art scene, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. The Heian period of ...

Exquisite museum quality Japanese contemporary framed porcelain panel art work consisting of three pieces intricately hand-painted showcasing a wintry ...

Antique Japanese reverse painting on mirror Wall Decor

Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO. Title: Composition Allargando This is one of the series named "Composition XX" Her works have the feelings of ...

An Asian fine carved wood wall plaque possibly Japonese with a crab, a lobster on bamboo.

This is a so-called hanging Buddha. (Called Kakebutsu in Japan) Kakebutsu is a combination of a circular plate and a Buddha statue, which was hung in shrines and temples. It can be s...

Artist: Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995) Country of Origin: Japan Medium: Woodblock Introducing the stunning Woodblock Print Titled "Snake Mexico" By Hodaka Yoshida, Japan 1956, a true masterpiece of Japanese artistry. This gorgeous woodblock print features an abstract design printed on high-quality paper, with striking black and brown colors that are beautifully accented with splashes of vibrant red on the snake which is the center of this masterpiece. The intricate details and intricate composition of this piece make it an excellent addition to any art collection or interior décor. Created by the renowned Japanese artist Hodaka Yoshida in 1956 after his trip to Mexico and exposure to pre-Colombian art...

Exquisite pair of Japanese vintage (circa 1935) hand-crafted extremely intricately embroidered silk fabric used in the presentation of ceremonial gifts on special occasions called fu...

A Japanese carved and painted wooden sign with a Samurai from the Meiji Period, 19th century. This 19th century sign with a samurai was made in wood and painted in Japan during the Meiji period. The narrow rectangular panel features a painted frame with a character depicted in the upper section, showcasing a seated samurai wearing his armour. The section below is adorned with four lightly carved and back painted calligraphies. This tall panel can be hinged thanks to two square buckles on the top. Made during the 19th century, this antique Meiji period painted wood sign...

Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO. Title: Composition Marcato (B) This is one of the series named "Composition XX" Her works have the feelings of...

Extraordinary Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono Japanese decorative art in Purple, blue, black and ora...

Hand-sewed rice straw art by Arko. Title: Composition Accelerando #01 This work has the feelings of contemporary, tribal art, contemporary craft art, ...

B plate, the alphabet is a beautiful color ceramic plate realized by Erté (after) in 1986, as reported on the back of each plates. This plate reproduces the original painting by E...

Japanese contemporary framed three-dimensional wall decorative art piece in silk in vivid red, white and gray, depicting kimonos in breathtaking colors and patterns hanging on kimono racks...

Imperial Imari 14.25" charger with large gilded eagle and gilded flying crane, Japanese, Meiji period, circa 1870.

A Japanese silk Fukusa panel circa late 19th-early 20th century of Meiji Period. The front was beautifully decorated with Yuzen-zome, a labor intensive resist-dye technique invested by an artist monk Miyazaki Yuzensai (1654 -1736) of Edo period. The front cover likely depicts a scene from the Tale of Genji, showing a nobleman and his servant pays a visit to a lady in a fenced thatch-roof house under a high peak. The details of blossom trees and pines, as well as the characters, and scenery with a gradual color are astounding. It is telling that the Yuzen dying was used such an mastery. The piece has a red silk backing and still retains two red tassels on the lower corners as well as decorative stitches along the edges. There is a patched design on the back likely a Mon symbol (family crest). Fukusa is a traditional Japanese textile...

A wonderful pair of fine quality Japanese Blue + White Arita porcelain chargers, depicting Carp swimming against fast flower water, with a floral boarder to each. Meiji period 1868-1...

A sophisticated technique is used to transform highest quality kimono fabrics into exquisite antique pieces of kimono fabric to recreate a Genryoku kosode kimono . Tagasode is the wa...

Exceptional Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono Japanese decorative art in crimson red, cream and gold o...

19th century Meiji period charger/plate with cockerel beautifully realistic in layers of carved shell, mother of pearl and bone to stand in high r...

Flames D'Amour plate is an original decorative porcelain plate realized by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) in 1985. This rare plate, realized in Bone China represents a female figure wit...

Charming Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring an embroidered silk picture of beautiful gift boxes. Stunning pattern of Hanaguruma (flower cart) laden with d...

Large Japanese contemporary framed silk and brocade Oshie wall decorative art, exceptional Japanese contemporary framed and signed three-dimensional wall decorative art piece in silk...

Fabulous depiction of a Japanese Geisha in a series of 12 ceramic tiles framed. Each tile is a work of art, beautiful lines and fabulous colors. Framed and matted. In excellent vinta...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Classically trained in Florence, Italy, Kii creates his modern mosaics using traditional techniques and materials, including hand-cut Italian marble and Venetian smalti glass. Eschewing the figural in favor of the abstract, his mosaics rely on contrasts of pattern and form to convey complex themes and achieve visual harmony. Toyoharu Kii’s latest body of work “Geophytes” continues themes of rebirth and renewal. A reference to plants that regrow from hidden elements beneath the earth’s surface, the series celebrates the resilience of the natural world. Each mosaic is imagined as a landscape that documents a history of environmental damage due to human activity, and the subsequent return of nature as a restorative force. Through the juxtaposition of patterns and the interplay of order and disorder, Kii creates man-made “images of destruction” and finds hope in the future by “reconstructing nature.” In this mosaic entitled "Ghost (Get Out...

Outstanding Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted raised pure silk kimono in black, red and gold on textured black background...

Teen Wolf the fantastic 1985 American coming-of-age comedy. Starring Michael J Fox. This Japanese poster is bright and vibrant is super condition. Thi...

Extraordinary Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted raised silk and brocade kimono in black, orange and gold on textured crea...

Depicting two large melons with calligraphy surmounted with lotus and flower and dragonfly. Painted in golds, reds, blues and green. Estate of John Volk, Pa...

This is an old Japanese winnowing basket's iron frame. Winnowing basket is a single-mouthed or round-plate-shaped folk utensils used for sorting, transporting, and drying grains. I...

Japanese porcelain charger, circa 1880.

Cotton double ikat kimono, Japan, Early 20th Century A graphically compelling example of a Bingo-gasuri kimono, produced in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. ...

Monochromatic, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. ...

Lovely and rare piece with documentation. A superb blue and white porcelain plaque, with a landscape. Made by Fuji Shumei Fujii Mr. A...

A very good quality late 19th Century Japanese Imari charger, having wonderful orange ground with scrolling foliate gilded highlights, motif decoration too the boarders, inset hand p...

John Lennon & Yoko Ono Seals Art Poster Print. Hardware for hanging. Seascape / Nautical drawing. Taken from the personal sketchbook of John Lennon.  

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Clas...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Clas...

Rare and remarkable set of ten 19th century Japanese calligraphy prints on paper executed in a woodblock technique and presented under glass in a gi...

Decorate a wall or anchor a collection with this striking antique Imari charger, crafted in Japan circa 1890. The large porcelain platter showc...

Artistically framed for display in a slight shadow frame with non-reflective pixie glass, these pair of embroidery art panels from Japan are dated circa 1910-1930s, end of Meiji to early Taisho period. This period was the peak of the Japanese oversea expositions, when all things Japonisme took Europe and America by storm and left long-lasting impact on western art and design. The influence, however, was clearly not one-directional; As when Japanese artists, artisans and dealers experienced western art, it in turn inspired and impacted on the aesthetics of the Japanese art made for the western tastes. An interesting crop of art forms quickly emerged with a particular outlook that bridged the east and west, with the fundamental techniques still rooted in Japanese traditions. These rare hyper-realistic embroidered portraits were such an example. They took the essential format of the western portrait that permeated the Victoria and Edwardian Society, but substituted with exotic Japanese subjects and executed in traditional embroidery techniques which had been perfected for centuries by the natives. The two portraits on offer, one an elder man with long white beards and a pair of round spectacles lighting a pipe, and the other a grinning man with a peasant attire, were both set in black background, stimulating an appearance of Classic western oil painting or perhaps even the photograph. The fine stiches were maneuvered into an impressively hyper-realistic imagery that was far removed from the traditional Japanese embroidery...

On offer is a set of five Japanese textile art panels called Oshi-E circa Meiji Period (1868-1912). This unusual set of panels depict various aspects of daily life in Edo time with beautiful details. Some of these panels are snapshots of the buzzling commercial activities at the marketplace, providing insight into the signages, architecture, costumes and how people interacted within a historical and pictorial context. Other panels depict daily leisure activities such as lounging in the park or visiting friends. The realistic rendering and attention to details are not short of "photographic" quality. From the signage of the shops to the motions and attires of the individual characters, from the hairstyle, small ornaments, down to the facial expression, were all recorded in great details. Each panel was signed with the artist's name Yukihana in Kanji with a red seal. These panels are unframed and await your custom touch (framing with inner gilt spacer and mat costs about 250-500 depending on the material chosen, see a framed example in the last picture of a single framed panel we have for sale). We offer them for sale individually, but it will be great for a collector to consider the whole set so that they can stay together. The Oshi-E (also known as kiritori zaiku) is a type of ornamental textile art dated back to the Muromachi period (1392-1573). It started among the elite aristocratic women in Kyoto before spreading wider in the Japanese society. Throughout Edo and Meiji period, Oshi-E were sometimes used to make offerings to the altars in the temple and in the late 19th century, it was exported to the west along with the other embroidery textile art. Oshi-E was made by using silk wadding to create a relief design. Various silk fabric swaps and sometimes wires and tassels, often recycled from older kimonos...

A striking late 19th Century Japanese Imari charger, with classical motif decoration to the red ground, gilded highlights and a central panel depicting a mythical exotic bird. Batch...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Classically trained in Florence, Italy, Kii creates his modern mosaics using traditional techniques and materials, including hand-cut Italian marble and Venetian smalti glass. Eschewing the figural in favor of the abstract, his mosaics rely on contrasts of pattern and form to convey complex themes and achieve visual harmony. Toyoharu Kii’s latest body of work “Geophytes” continues themes of rebirth and renewal. A reference to plants that regrow from hidden elements beneath the earth’s surface, the series celebrates the resilience of the natural world. Each mosaic is imagined as a landscape that documents a history of environmental damage due to human activity, and the subsequent return of nature as a restorative force. Through the juxtaposition of patterns and the interplay of order and disorder, Kii creates man-made “images of destruction” and finds hope in the future by “reconstructing nature.” In this mosaic entitled "Ghost (Big Wings)," Kii takes a more representational approach to his storytelling, creating figurative drawings out of thin lines of tesserae. The mosaic belongs to his “Ghost” triptych, wherein Kii uses “wings” to represent the presence of a heavenly being, the ghosts of past spirits or the presence of an angel or guardian. In “Ghost (Big Wings),” Kii mourns the extinction of many creatures due to environmental change and imagines their lonely spirits wandering the earth. Enveloping their silhouettes is “a bird with big wings,” writes Kii, depicted here within a dense mosaic of abstract patterns, a symbol for nature’s healing power. “The bird consoles...

Japanese Edo Period Nabashima Porcelain Blue Plate with Three Sake Bottles, Ca. 1850 PERIOD Edo Period ((1603-1868) – Mid-19...

A Japanese silk Fukusa panel circa late 19th-early 20th century of Meiji Period. The front was beautifully decorated with Yuzen-zome, a labor intensive resist-dye technique invested ...

A very good quality late 19th Century Japanese Imari charger depicting Gaisha girls riding on mythical dragons and birds, all among reeds and Lillys. Batch 82 N/H