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Large Japanese Imari Gilt Charger, the Six Immortal Poets, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
group of 9th century Heian Period waka poets whose works were included and praised by name in an
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Embroidered Silk Kesa Monk
s Robe Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
ascetic life of one's choosing. In Japan, since at least the Heian period (794–1185), the kesa has been
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Textiles
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Japanese Very Old Antique Pottery Bowl/1100s-1250/Rare Wabi-Sabi Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
period is classified as the end of the Heian period to the beginning of the Kamakura period.
During this
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Vases
Materials
Pottery
"Gengi Prince and Beauties in the Snow Garden, " Color Woodcut by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
triptych, with its beautiful depiction of a Heian period court garden. For his contribution, Toyokuni III
Category
1850s Edo Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Japanese Antique Unglazed Jar / 1868-1920 / Wabi-Sabi Vase / "Haze-tsubo"
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
to date back to the Heian period (around the 8th century).
This vase is unglazed, so the surface has
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Monastery Robe Patchwork Kesa with inscription Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
, since at least the Heian period (794–1185), the kesa has been worn by Buddhist priests as their
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Large Japanese 6-panel folding screen with chrysanthemums on silver leaf
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tale of Genji, The Tales of Ise, and Heian-period poems composed by courtiers.
When shipped we will
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Fragment of a wooden Buddha
s foot from the Heian to Kamakura period / Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
Fragment of the foot of a huge wooden Buddha from the Heian to Kamakura period.
It is thought to
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Tiger With Baby Handmade Hand Glazed Master Work
Located in South Burlington, VT
Heian period in the 6th century, and made its appearance during the Kamakura period of the 14th century
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Two Persimmons on a Branch
Located in Plano, TX
Buddhist and Shinto paintings of the Heian period that include lovely but short-lived blossoming cherry
Category
Late 19th Century Showa Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink
Japanese Antique Tiger 19th Century Handmade Hand Glazed Master Work
Located in South Burlington, VT
Imbe or Inbe ware. It has ties to Sue pottery from the Heian period in the 6th century, and made its
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Scarce 17th Century Japanese Lacqueurware Ebonized Tray Table
Located in Forney, TX
small accessories; developed from a Heian-period (794–1185) predecessor. It was typically used when
Category
Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Tray Tables
Materials
Lacquer
Hanging Scroll of Japanese Antique Demon Prints/Woodblock Prints/1850-1910
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Gensan Daishi refers to Ryogen, a great priest of the Tendai sect who was active during the Heian
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Paper
Japanese Big Antique Glass Eye Bulls Pair of Sculptures
Located in South Burlington, VT
from the Heian Period, who after death was deified, becoming Tenjin, the kami of scholarship
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Surimono - Original Woodcut Print by Yashima Gakutei - 1820/1846
By Yashima Gakutei
Located in Roma, IT
women performing gagaku, a traditional kind of court music from the Heian period. Gakutei also
Category
Early 19th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Japanese Antique Big Red Jubako End Table Signed
Hand Painted, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
- called osechi ryori. The tradition started in the Heian Period.
Manjū was derived from a type of mochi
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese bone head wooden small Buddha statue/Benzaiten/Muromachi to Edo period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
characters for “Benzaiten” in ink. The lower left corner of the box is marked “Heian period,” but this is an
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cypress
Japanese Fine Antique Lacquered Koto Lute, Rare Violin Size, Meiji, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
technique was developed mainly in the Heian period (794–1185) and blossomed in the Edo period (1603–1868
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Prince Genji in Exile at Suma.
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Plano, TX
shown during his exile at Suma. He is dressed in fashionable contemporary costume, rather than in Heian
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Japanese Antique Painting of Dragons
Located in Fukuoka, JP
the Heian period, dragons became even more popular in Japanese art. They were often depicted in
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Antique Jar / 12th-13th Century "Atsumi" Kiln / Rare Vase/Wabi-Sabi Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
that lasted only about 150 years from the Heian period to the Kamakura period (about the latter half of
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Vases
Materials
Pottery
Rare Find Japanese Antique Boy
s Day Samurai Festival Set in Original Box
Located in South Burlington, VT
Kintoki who was a hero in the Heian period, a subordinate samurai of Minamoto no Raikou, having been
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Obi Costume Belt
Located in Fukuoka, JP
collection of Japanese artifacts or Asian art.
The tradition of wearing obi can be traced back to the Heian
Category
20th Century Japanese Textiles
Materials
Silk
Set of two small Japanese antique pottery vases/Made in 1804/Mino ware
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
one of Japan’s most renowned ceramic traditions, with roots stretching back to the Heian period
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Vases
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Old Vintage 1920s Bronze Buddhist Cloud Bell Chime Unban
Located in South Burlington, VT
unusual for these old instruments
Please view an ancient unban or Kei from the Heian 12th century
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Inro by Mochizuki Hanzan (1743-90?) Edo Period, 18th century
Located in Milano, IT
.
The theme of deer and autumn plants has been utilised since the Heian period in poetry and art to
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Kuniyoshi, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Genji, Japanese Art, Edo Period
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in London, GB
distinct court culture of the Heian period. These meetings allowed factions within the court to engage in
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Sue Ware /Antique Japanese vase/8th-12th century/Wabi-sabi
Located in Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
is a long-necked jar from the Heian period with a ridgeline on the body, and it has a well-balanced
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Japanese Oriental Hardwood Kimono Display Stands
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
over a thousand years to the Heian Period. This traditional dress is still worn for important weddings
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Wood
Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Toyokuni III, Tale of Genji, Kemari, Sakura
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in London, GB
her quarters with her chamber women. During the Heian period it was common etiquette for upper class
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Snake, Yoshitsuya Utagawa, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Kintaro, Ukiyo-e
By Yoshitasuya
Located in London, GB
Monogatarishu, a collection of tales compiled in the late Heian period (794–1185), tells of a sumo wrestler with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Paper
Yoshitoshi, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e, Kintaro, Floating World
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in London, GB
retainer of the samurai Minamoto no Yoshitsune during the Heian period. Although there are several
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Woodcut
Shakudo Nanako Tsuba with Omodaka Plants
Located in Milano, IT
(omodaka) first appeared as a design for tsuba in the Heian period. From such early beginnings, this
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Tokoname bonsai pot / Japanese Antique / Heian-Kamakura period / 8th - 14th C
Located in Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
It is a pot made by inheriting various pottery fragments of Kotokoname from the Heian to Kamakura
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Paddle-Shaped Writing Box
Located in New York, NY
is a shinden-zukuri structure from the Heian period with a finely tendered, enclosed garden in which
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Silver, Gold
Screen Painting Blue Gold Plants Flowers Framed Rinpa Japan 18th Century
Located in Monterey, CA
the Meiji period.
Rinpa artists worked in various formats, notably screens, fans and hanging scrolls
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Silk
Hiroshige I, Sixty Odd Provinces, Ishiyama Temple, Original Woodblock Print, Edo
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in London, GB
Monogatari) at this very temple on the night of the full moon in 1004, Heian period. On this occasion, the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Paper
Rinne II
By Megumi Nagai
Located in New York, NY
doing so, she combines ancient Japanese artistic traditions dating from before the Heian period (c. 794
19th Century Utagawa Kuniyoshi Triptych Japanese Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in London, GB
politics during the Heian period (794AD - 1185). Due to the incredibly cruel nature of the Taira clan's
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Prints
Materials
Washi Paper
Alfred Dunhill
Namiki
Enamel Table Lighter, 1930s
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in London, GB
picture’). This method of decoration started in Japan in the Heian period (794–1185 AD), where layers of
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal
Alfred Dunhill
Namiki
Enamel Table Lighter, 1930s
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in London, GB
the Heian period (794–1185 AD), where layers of wet lacquer are dusted with precious metal powders to
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Taima Katana Late Kamakura Period, circa 1300-1320 NBTHK Juyō Tōken
Located in Milano, IT
transferred to Kyoto in Yamashiro. At the end of the Heian period a number of sword making schools were
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Autumn Field Writing Box
Located in New York, NY
", an old poetic term from Heian-period literature. He decorated the cover with bush clover (hagi) and
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Gold, Silver
Scenes from the Tales of Genji
Located in New York, NY
for travel in nature in the literal and visual culture of the Heian and later period.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver, Gold
2009 Hermes Ballade de Heian Silk Twill Scarf by Natsuno Hidaka
By Hermès
Located in Palm Beach, FL
2009 Hermes Ballade de Heian Silk Twill Scarf by Natsuno Hidaka celebrates The Heian period of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Scarves
Japanese Decorative Ox Carriage Objects for Doll
s Festival Hinamatsuri, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
depict the imperial court and each dolls wears a Heian period court costume.
Ox carriage especially used
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Paul Binnie, Katana, Samurai Sword, Contemporary Woodblock Print, Tattoo Design
By Paul Binnie
Located in London, GB
(Minamoto no Yoshitsune), a general of the late Heian period. The model is holding a short sword in a
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Washi Paper, Handmade Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Early 19th Century Yoroi Japanese Decorative Samurai Armour with Original Box
Located in London, GB
the late Heian to the Warring States Period in circa 1467-1603. Their main crest, properly called the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Metal
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