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Processional Mask of an Oni
Located in New York, NY
Whimsical and fantastic carved wooden mask-- exquisite craft and lightness. Great presence.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Masks
Materials
Wood
$25,000
Japanese Folk Art Tsutsugaki Futon Cover, circa 1890.
Located in New York, NY
Japanese paste resist dyed (tsutsugaki) futon cover (futonji) in four panel width with design of a
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Folk Art Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Mingei (Folk) Gathering Basket
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Mingei (Folk Art) Gathering Basket
This hand made gathering basket is from Northern Japan
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Textiles
Materials
Natural Fiber
Japanese Wood Folk Art Friction Lock
Located in Seattle, WA
Centuries of Japanese Folk Art, The Japanese Folk Craft Museum, 1995. p. 120
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures
The Cyclist
By Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Located in Wellesley, MA
-century folk art, Japanese motif, and modernist European and American art with a whimsical approach of his
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Katsushika Hokui, Ukiyo-e, Hokusai School, Folk Tale, Japanese Woodblock Print
By Katsushika Hokui
Located in London, GB
samurai government in Japan. His exploits became one of the subjects of the warrior epic, The Tale of the
Category
1840s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Japanese Daruma
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese Daruma (symbol of good luck and protection), Meiji period, circa 1880s.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$3,950
Japanese Yokogi, a Fish Shaped Fulcrum, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Domon, Tokyo
For a similar example see: Robert Moes, Mingei: Japanese Folk Art from the Brooklyn
Category
Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Porcelain Phallus
Located in San Francisco, CA
An amusing example of Japanese Folk Art. Substantial, weighted with sand, and hand painted with
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Daruma Mold
Located in New York, NY
Well patina Daruma wooden doll mold. Takayama, Hida pref.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures
$1,800
Japanese Woven Basket Tray
By Housai
Located in Seattle, WA
A very finely crafted woven shallow bamboo basket. The shallow round basket with intricate woven pattern and wrapped rim and foot. The underside with the signature of the artist Hou...
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Folk Art Platters and Serveware
Materials
Bamboo, Reed
Japanese Woven Baskets
Located in Woodstock, NY
An assembled collection of hand woven baskets from Japan. Woven split reed construction, each
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Handwoven Flower Basket from Japan
Located in New York, NY
Ikebana basket with several different styles of formal weaving and beautiful blond bamboo detail. Signed
Category
Japanese Folk Art Bowls and Baskets
Handwoven Hanakago Basket from Japan
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful flower arranging basket displaying several different weaving styles and intricate insect knotting.
Category
Japanese Folk Art Bowls and Baskets
Japanese Hanakago - Large Mixed Bamboo Basket
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully formed flower arranging basket showing several different master level weaving techniques.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Bowls and Baskets
Edo Period Counterbalance for a Traditional Kettle Hook in Shape of a Sea Bream
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Beautifully carved cross-piece (yokogi) for a traditional Japanese kettle hook (jizaikagi). Such
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Asian Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Gilded and Painted Hand Carved Wooden Asian Sculpture of a Warrior Standing on a Fish.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,450
Asian Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Guilded and Painted Hand Carved Wooden Asian Sculpture of a Warrior Standing on a Fish.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Woven Boxes
Located in New York, NY
Woven baskets with lids.
Price noted is per box.
Price noted is per box.
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Boxes
$395 / set
Contemporary Basket-Invite the Wind by Mutsumi Iwasaki
Located in New York, NY
Mutsumi Iwaskai Born: 1943, Nagano, Japan
Selected exhibitions and venues:
Nagoya
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Folk Art Bowls and Baskets
Gosho Doll
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Gosho (from the Imperial Palace) Ningyo, is a gift doll from the imperial family. They are always baby like in appearance, which expresses a noble innocence.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$3,500
Rattan Basket
Located in New York, NY
Small Japanese Rattan Basket with Handle
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Rattan
$350
Mulberry Leaf Rattan Basket
Located in New York, NY
Woven basket of plaited rattan
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Bowls and Baskets
Antique basket
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fine piece of" Ikebana style " craftmanship weaving basket
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Folk Art Bowls and Baskets
Materials
Wicker
$1,200
Japanese Folk Art Sculptures (Jizai-Gake)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mingei (Folk Arts and Crafts) movement was a modern craft movement to help preserve and raise standards
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$8,225 / set
Japanese Folk Art Paper Mâché Tiger with Bobble Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Japanese papier mâché lion is an empeccable display of stunning Japanese Folk Art. The vibrant
Category
20th Century Japanese Toys
Materials
Paper
1800s-1900s Wabisabi-Art Japanese Wooden Fish / Antiques Contemporary Folk Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
1800s-1900s Wabisabi-Art Japanese wooden fish / antiques contemporary Folk Art
Size: W 270, D
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji More Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wooden object / Folk Art / Wabi-Sabi Primitive
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese tree object.
The type of tree is unknown, but I think it's probably cedar
Category
20th Century Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Old Folk Art Thrust Hoe 1860s-1920s /Tools Wabisabi-Art Antique
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old Japanese folk tool.
Probably from the Edo period.
A tool for hitting thatched
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
1800-1900 Zushi Japanese Buddha
s House Black Old Folk Art Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old Buddha house in Japan.
This is from the Edo period.
It is made of cedar wood.
This
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Wooden Fish Old Folk Art 1860s-1900s/ Antique Object figurine wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
An item unique to Japanese hearth culture.
It's like a talisman that protects you from a fire
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Old Wood Carving Mask 1800s-1860s/Folk Art Sculpture Wabisabi Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
In Japan, it is called "Kamado mask".
Items from 1800 to 1860.
"Kamadomen" is a custom of the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Masks
Materials
Cedar
Three Folk Art Apple Collection
By Wyandotte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
in occupied Japan-1940s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Other Toys
Materials
Metal
$475 / set
Art Deco Japanese Trade Sign
Located in Savannah, GA
Japanese trade sign advertisement from a restaurant that sold noodles and soup. It features a heavy
Category
20th Century Japanese Art Deco Signs
Materials
Glass, Wood
1800s-1900s Wabisabi-Art Japanese Folk Art Wooden Mask/Sculpture Wall Decoration
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
1800s-1900s Wabisabi-Art Japanese Folk Art wooden mask or sculpture wall decoration
Size: W 250
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Striking Pair of Rectangular Mirrors with Japanese Rising Sun Vintage Wood Tops
Located in Hopewell, NJ
midcentury mirrors married to vintage folk art Japanese rising sun painted scalloped tops. A great look and
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Vintage "Googly Eyed" Goldfish Japanese Windup Toy, circa 1950s
By Yoshiya
Located in Incline Village, NV
This rare Japanese tin toy from the 1950s marked "KO" in a parallelogram was manufactured by the
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
Keiko Minami Signed Etching Aquatint Bfk Rives Wove
Feurs Et Oiseau
Japanese
Located in Norwich, GB
Keiko Minami, Japanese 1911-2004 - 'fleurs et oiseau' etching On BFK Rives Wove. Signed and
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Drum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Japanese drum
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Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Leather
$1,200
Japanese Rice Bag Blanket
Located in London, GB
translating as “scraps of cloth” in Japanese, Boro is a symbol of a “use everything and waste nothing
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Quilts
Vintage Japanese Enamel Sign
Located in London, GB
A vintage Japanese enamel sign, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Industrial Signs
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Japanese Enamel Sign
Located in London, GB
A vintage Japanese enamel sign, 1950s.
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Industrial Signs
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Japanese Enamel Sign
Located in London, GB
A vintage Japanese enamel sign, 1955 A.D.
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Industrial Signs
Materials
Enamel
20th Century Japanese Calligraphy Brush, Cloissonne
Located in Malton, GB
I have been lucky enough to find a great collection of period Japanese Calligraphy brushes. They
Category
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Tribal Art
Materials
Pine
20th Century Japanese Calligraphy Brush, Porcelain
Located in Malton, GB
I have been lucky enough to find a great collection of period Japanese Calligraphy brushes. They
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Tribal Art
Materials
Porcelain
Basket Made of Old Japanese Bamboo and Japanese Paper / Antique Farming Tools
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a basket made in 1897 (Meiji 30).
It is woven from bamboo and then many sheets of Japanese
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Bamboo
Early 20th Century Japanese Calligraphy Brush, Ebony
Located in Malton, GB
I have been lucky enough to find a great collection of period Japanese Calligraphy brushes. They
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Tribal Art
Materials
Ebony
Handcrafted Post Modern Japanese Art Studio Large Blue Ceramic Charger
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted post modern Japanese Art studio, very nice large American ceramic pottery blue charger
Category
20th Century American Brutalist Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Traditional Japanese Kite, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique traditional Japanese kite.
By unknown manufacturer from Japan, circa 1940.
In original
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Paper
Japanese Mingei
Usu
Table and Chairs
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Folk Craft=Mingei made with a "Usu" used for mochi making.Primitive and beautiful works.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Primitives
Materials
Wood
$5,700 / set
Japanese Hand-Painted Ceramic Noh Mask
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Hand-Painted Ceramic Noh Mask on Metal Stand, Likely Meiji Period, Signed two character
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese International Style Masks
Materials
Ceramic
Edo Period Burl Wood Candlestick, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Edo Period burl wood candlestick, Japan
A beautiful naturally twisted root or vine wood
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Iki Ningyo Face, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese culture. These pieces are highly collectible and increasingly hard to find in the art market
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Tribal Art
Materials
Glass, Paint, Wood
A Japanese Articulated Lion Dance (Shishimai) Mask
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Japanese mask originally used in traditional lion dances (shishimai)to scare away evil
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Masks
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Tea Shop Sign, Edo Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare antique Japanese shop sign, kanban, in the shape of a tea pot. Edo period, 18th century
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Signs
Materials
Iron
Japanese Warrior
s Mask
Menoshitaboo
1870-1900s Iron
Located in Paris, FR
This is a warrior's mask made around 1870-1900s in Japan.
It is called 'Me no shita boo'. (Me
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Masks
Materials
Iron
19th Century Japanese Lava Stone Mask
Located in Vancouver, BC
structured Japanese Fuji/Lava stones are igneous stones. Meaning that this stone would have been from Mt Fuji
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Masks
Materials
Stone, Lava
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- Is mandala art folk art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024Yes, mandala art is folk art. The definition of folk art is art that reflects the sociocultural characteristics and values of a particular group of people. Mandala art fits this definition due to its association with the Hindu and Buddhist faiths. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of folk art from some of the world's top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024What Ukrainian folk art is called depends on its medium. Named after the village from which it emerged, Petrykivka is a type of decorative painting that often features colorful flowers and birds against a white background. The name for decorating eggs is pysanky, and vyshyvka is the term for decorative embroidery. Explore a large selection of folk art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Among the materials used in folk art are cloth, wood, paper, clay and metal.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mexican folk art can be characterized by vibrant colored paintings and jewelry designed with floral motifs. Lush forests and animals, especially birds, are featured in Mexican folk art, which is a blend of Indigenous and European methods and skills. You’ll find a variety of Mexican folk art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between fine and folk art comes down primarily to function. Fine artists produce paintings, prints, sculptures and other artworks to express an idea or concept, communicate a message or tell a story. With folk art, artists are usually more interested in following cultural traditions than self-expression. Pieces of folk art often have more practical uses compared to works of fine art, such as quilts and furniture. Other examples of folk art include pottery, masks, textiles and carvings. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of fine and folk art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Jamini Roy was an Indian artist whose paintings often reflected his Indian roots. Roy combined imagery from Indian folk art with Western motifs to create his unique modern works. Subjects ranged from paintings of legendary figures to everyday life in rural Bengal. His goal was to make art affordable to everyone. Browse a selection of Jamini Roy paintings on 1stDibs.