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Japanese Antique Gilt Wood Amitabha Buddha on Loctus Throne Statue
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese carved wood Amitabha (Amida) Buddha statue with residual gold leafed surface circa 19th
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gold Leaf

JAPAN 1900 Meiji Period Carved Wood Netsuke Of Frog Resting In A Lotus
Located in Miami, FL
fertility and good fortune Netsuke A netsuke is a small sculpture which developed as an art form in Japan
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Bronze Sculpture of Head Bust of Japanese Woman in the Style of Isamu Noguchi
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Studio City, CA
prints. Would be a great addition to any Japanese/Asian art/sculpture collection or make for an eye
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful string of Japanese hand-crafted Buddhist Juzu mala beads made of natural wood. These
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful string of Japanese hand-crafted Buddhist Juzu mala beads made of natural wood. These
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Lot of 7 Kokeshi Dolls Tomio Sato Hand-painted Wood Japan
Located in Poperinge, BE
from Japan and are simple wooden dolls without arms or legs that have been made as children's toys for
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

19th Cent Large Japanese Wood Okimono of a Bantam Rooster , Hen and Baby Chicks
Located in North Miami, FL
A finely signed Japanese carved large cockerel with an impressive plume of tail feathers standing
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Asian Sculpture / Okimono with Lion and Crows, Japan, Meiji Era, circa 1880
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Rare and important Japanese sculpture / statue / okimono in blackened and carved wood, depicting 1
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Wooden bowl carved from an old Japanese tree burl/Sculpture object/20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This wooden bowl was crafted during the Taisho to early Showa periods from keyaki (zelkova) wood
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20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Gilt Carved Wood Seated Buddha
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1492 Japanese gilt carved wood seated Buddha with hidden compartment in back
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Vintage 1940s Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

Japanese antique wood carved Buddha/1800s/late Edo period/folk Buddha
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden Jizo Bodhisattva statue made in the late Edo period in Japan. It is thought that
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cypress

Large Antique Edwardian Quality Carved Linden Wood Japanese Bear Carrying a Fish
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large antique Edwardian quality carved linden wood Japanese bear carrying a fish having a large
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edwardian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Other

Willy Gordon, Terracotta Japanese Girl Akito Head Sculpture, France, 1940s
Located in Firenze, IT
Terracotta japanese girl Akito head sculpture Willy Gordon (1918 - 2023), France 1940s
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Vintage 1940s French Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta, Wood

Japanese Antique Edo Wood Noh Theater Omi-Onna Ko-Omote Koomote Mask, 1700s
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully aged, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater. The naturally
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Pair of Framed Solid Burl Wood Panels from a Japanese Tsuitate, Meiji Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A spectacular pair of framed solid burl wood panels, originally part of a traditional Japanese
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Burl

Minoru Ohira Signed Large Japanese Wall Sculpture Luna Y Sol (Sun and Moon) 1988
By Minoru Ohira
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and quite engaging original large mixed media wall sculpture by contemporary/modern
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Slate

19thc Antique Monumental Asian Carved Wood Sculpture - A Carved Tree - Chinoise
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Huge Monumental 19thc Asian Japanes Carved Woor 1/2 Tree Sculpture of Asian Scenes in Full Relief
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Antique 1890s Japanese Napoleon III Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Carved Wood Ainu Bear with Baby and Fish, Hokkaido, Japan, Keyaki, Showa Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Ainu Bear with baby and fish, Hokkaido, Japan, Keyaki, Showa period. Hewn from one solid piece
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20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Meiji Period Painted Wood Sign with a Samurai, 19th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
19th century sign with a samurai was made in wood and painted in Japan during the Meiji period. The
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Late Edo Period Sannin-kanjyo Figures or Three Court Ladies w. Wood Box Japan
Located in Miami, FL
including a pitcher, a long handled server + wood table in a signed with Japanese characters meaning
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Japanese Noh Masks Mounted
Located in Dallas, TX
A set of three Meiji period miniature Noh masks mounted on a wooden plaque. Noh masks are Japanese
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Antique 1860s Japanese Mounted Objects

Materials

Wood

Japanese Antique Edo Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask Otobide 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully aged, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater. The naturally
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Japanese Antique Edo Signed Wood Noh Theater Mask Ko-Omote 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully aged, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater. The naturally
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Paint

JAPAN Meiji Period 1880 Namiki Little Cabined Round Tray In Wood, Gold Silver
Located in Miami, FL
presentation round cabinet tray created in the Imperial Japan period during the early Meiji period (1868-1912
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gold, Silver

JAPAN 1810 Edo Period Large Butsudan Home Altar With Amida Nyorai In Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese wooden statue of standing Amida Nyorai Buddha, from the Edo period (1600-1868). The enlightened
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Antique 1810s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gold, Brass

1870s-1920s wabi sabi reclaimed boat wood wall decor sculpture bamboos engraved
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Wooden wall decor made of a piece of reclaimed wood from antique wood river boat. Words &
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Cedar

Old Japanese wooden frog figurine / 20th century / wood carving figurine
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
surface. However, this does not affect the viewing experience. It is an old and unique Japanese sculpture
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20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Old Wooden Netsuke Japanese Peanuts Meiji Period, Japan, 19/20th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century. Weight: 9 grams Provenance
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Pair Japanese Bronze Dragonfish, Shachihoko, Taisho Period, circa 1920, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A powerful pair of Japanese bronze sculptures of dragonfish, shachihoko, Taisho period, circa 1920
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Okimono Man Petting Bat
Located in Savannah, GA
A Japanese okimono carving of a man petting a bat, early 20th century. 2 ¼ inches wide by 1
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Early 20th Century Japanese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

KAZUYOSHI Japan Meiji 1890 Box In Lacquered And Gilt Wood Draped Seated Women
Located in Miami, FL
, upon the accession of Emperor Taishō. Country: Japan Period: Meiji, 1890 Technique: Carved wood, red
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Netsuke of an Oni, a Demon in Japanese Folklore, Wood, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
) meaning “attach.” The first netsuke were created in late sixteenth-century Japan as simple button
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Boxwood

Japanese Lacquer, Bone and "Root" Wood Screen Meiji Period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Japanese lacquer, bone and "Root" wood screen Meiji period, late 19th century of rectangular
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Antique 19th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Lacquer

Tall 12" Japanese Kokeshi Doll
Located in Fairfield, CA
A tall vintage Japanese kokeshi doll. Made of wood with a lovely hand painted design of red flowers.
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Late 20th Century Japanese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese Noh Mask
Located in Chonburi, TH
This Japanese Noh mask is a finely crafted example of traditional theatrical art, hand-carved from
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20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Vintage Japanese Three Rat Netsuke
Located in Chicago, IL
fashionable as treasured accessories. This petite Japanese netsuke is carved of wood with a design of three
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Early 20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Light Haze Day - Japanese, Contemporary, Gold, Pop Art
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in London, GB
Maple wood 3 x Sk8ology Invisible Floating Skateboard Deck Snap Display wall mount included Created in
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

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Wood, Screen

Collection of Antique Hand-Carved Japanese Noh Masks
Located in New Orleans, LA
A collection of five hand-made Japanese Noh drama masks, four of them hand-carved wood, and one
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Papier Mâché

Antique Japanese Mingei Yokogi
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Yokogi, a fish shaped fulcrum for the pot hook assembly over the hearth, a naively
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Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Pulley - 1800s
Located in Asheville, NC
Stunning antique well pulley from Edo Period in Japan. Amazing patina, great bookshelf decor piece.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Pair Hand Carved Wood Koi Fish Signed
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1202 Japan pair hand carved finely detailed pair of koi fish.
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Vintage 1930s Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

Japanese Noh Mask depicting Yoroboshi character
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Japanese signed Noh Mask depicting ”Yoroboshi” character, who was disowned by his father, became
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20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Wooden Netsuke Turtle 1980s Ishikawa
Located in Paris, FR
on the back side 'Ishikawa'. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Shishi face Mask Japan 1940s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice highly decorative Shishi face Mask Japan 1940s ,some paint losses . hand carved.
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Miyao Style Gilt Bronze Samurai Archer, Meiji Period, Japan
By Eisuke Miyao 1
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacular Japanese cast, carved, and parcel gilt bronze sculpture, okimono, of a kneeling
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

20th Century, Showa, Japanese Wooden Tray
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese wooden tray. Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century Size: Diameter 24.5 C.M. / Thickness
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20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Rare Set of 9 Different Japanese Insects Made of Copper, Brass and Wood
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Group of late 19th century Japanese insects. This tangle of swarming, flying and crawling mini
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Antique Late 19th Century Asian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Edo Period Saga Ningyo, Ca. 1850
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Edo Period Saga Ningyo, Ca. 1850 DIMENSIONS Height: 9.5 inches Width: 6 inches Depth: 5
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Antique 1850s Japanese Japonisme Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese lacquer Buddha, 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
gold decorated Buddha
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Meiji Period Japanese Hibachi with Gilded Eagle
Located in Dallas, TX
An exceptional Meiji Period, circa 1870 Japanese hibachi featuring a finely detailed gilded eagle
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Antique 1870s Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Copper

Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
but with a decisively Japanese origin, with the use of natural burl wood branches as the handle
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bamboo, Wood

Japanese Suzuribako Writing Box-Showa Era-Excellent condition-GSY Gallery Select
Located in London, GB
, making it a truly stunning piece of collatable décor piece. With its authentic and traditional Japanese
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1980s Showa Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

A Japanese Carved Root Yōkai Figure, Meiji Period
Located in Savannah, GA
A japanese carved root yōkai figure, Meiji Period. 6 inches wide by 5 inches deep by 8 inches
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20th Century Japanese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Tiger with Cub
Located in Kastrup, DK
Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze sculpture of a tiger with cub. Mounted on a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Tachibina (Imperial couple) doll set.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Tachibina (Imperial couple), rare and exceptionally fine standing pair of figures for the
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Wood

Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke Buffalo 1920s Taisho
Located in Paris, FR
sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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Questions About Japan Wood Sculpture
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    The difference between carving and sculpture is that carving is a carved object, whereas sculpture is the art of shaping figures or designs — because sculpture can involve adding material (i.e., working with plaster, creating a mold to be cast in bronze), it is considered “additive” versus the “subtractive” act of carving.