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Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi Sculpture Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wooden Daruma doll.
It dates from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
The
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Old Super Large Bear 1950s-1970s / Wood Carving Sculpture Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese super large wooden carved bear.
It is a wood carving from the mid-Showa
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wooden Mask 1800s-1860s / Mingei Wabi Sabi Sculpture Folk Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wooden mask.
In Japan, it is called "Kamado-gami".
It was made during
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Black Chair 1860s-1900s / Seating Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old primitive chair made in Japan.
The chair is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chairs
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wabi Sabi Tree Object 1860s-1900s / Mingei Wooden Ornament
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese tree object.
We estimate that it was collected during the Meiji period
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Low Table 1860s-1900s / Mingei Wabi Sabi Coffee Table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese low table.
It is designed with a wooden board on top of a stump.
The
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Old Stone Daruma 1945s / Folk Buddha Sculpture Object Mingei Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old stone Daruma doll from Japan.
It was made in the early Showa period.
It is very
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Showa More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Japanese Old Wood Carving Large Bear 1920s-1940s/Sculpture Mingei Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a large Japanese wooden carved bear.
It is popular as a folk art mainly in Hokkaido.
We
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Natural Wood Candle Stand 1800s-1860s/Mingei Wabisabi Decor
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This candelabra is made of very old Japanese natural wood.
This is a rare item from the Edo period
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Huge Wooden Bowl 1860s-1900s/Object Mingei Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old huge Japanese wooden bowl.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is made
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Bowls
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Large Tansu 1860s-1910s / Wabi Sabi Mingei / Side board
Located in Kawagoe-Shi, JP
Tansu (chest of drawers) made during the Meiji period (1860-1910) in Japan. Traditional Japanese
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Large Tansu 1860s-1900s / Cabinet Sideboard Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old large Japanese Tansu.
This item is from the Meiji era (1860s-1900s).
It is
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wooden Mask 1860s-1920s / Mingei Wabi Sabi Sculpture Folk Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wooden mask.
In Japan, it is called "Kamado-gami".
They were made
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Art
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Table 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi Mingei Coffee Table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese primitive style table.
It is a simple style with a wooden board on top
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Tansu 1860s-1900s / Cabinet Chests of Drawers Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese Tansu.
The furniture is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is made
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Box Paper-Covered 1860s-1920s/Mingei Box Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old wood box in Japan.
The wood is covered with paper.
It is an item from the Meiji era
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Baskets
Materials
Rattan, Paper
Japanese Antique Wooden Oar 1800s-1860s / Folk Tools Wabisabi Mingei Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
These are the oars of an old Japanese ship.
It is from the Edo period (1800s-1860s).
It is made of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Oak
Japanese Antique Wooden Mortar 1860s-1900s/Plant Cover Primitive Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old large Japanese wooden mortar.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Architectural Elements
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wooden Object Folk Tool 1800s-1860s / Mingei Wabi-Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old Japanese folk tool.
It is from the Edo period (1800s-1860s).
It is a very rare
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wooden Mortar 1800s-1860s/Plant Cover Primitive Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old, large Japanese wooden mortar.
It is from the Edo period (1800s-1860s).
Material
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Primitive Wooden Bowl 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi Object Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wooden manger.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The material
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Bowls
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Dog 1920s-1940s/Figurine Mingei Object Sculpture
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wood carving of a dog.
This wood carving is estimated to have been made
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1900s / Sculpture Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
of wabi-sabi, the Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection and impermanence.
It is a
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Fish 1860s-1900s / Mingei Figurine Object Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese wood carving of a fish.
It is a wood carving from the Meiji period
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wabi Sabi Table 1860s-1900s / Primitive Mingei Coffee Table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese primitive style table.
It is a simple style with a wooden board on top
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Japanese Antique Primitive Low Table 1860s-1900s / Mingei Coffee Table wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese primitive style low table.
It is a simple style with a wooden board on
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Wood, Pine
Japanese Antique Large Primitive Coffee Table 1860s-1900s / Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old Japanese primitive large coffee table.
The furniture is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Black Coffee Table 1860s-1900s / Side Table Mingei Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old Japanese black coffee table.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Black Tansu 1860s-1900s/Chests of Drawers Wabisabi mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese chest of drawers.
It is a piece of furniture from the Meiji era
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Butcher Block Table 1860s-1900s / Coffee Table Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese coffee table.
We assume that the furniture is a reference to butcher
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Large Basket Paper-Covered 1860s-1920s/mingei Bowl Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old big rattan basket in Japan.
The rattan is covered with paper.
It is an item from the
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Baskets
Materials
Rattan, Paper
Japanese Antique Black Wooden Box 1860s-1900s/Coffee Table Tansu Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese black wooden box.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The material
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sofa Tables
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Small Drawer / 1876s Meiji Period / Storage Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese wooden small drawer.
It's from 1876（Meiji 9 years）.
In the drawer, there
Category
Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Coffee Table 1860s-1900s / stand Mingei Wab-isabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This old large coffee table is made from a huge Japanese stump.
It dates from the Meiji period
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Primitive Coffee Table 1860s-1900s/Side Table Mingei Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This coffee table is made from an old Japanese stump.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Medicine Chest 1860s-1900s/Chests of Drawers Cabinet Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese medicine chest.
Furniture from the Meiji era. (1860s - 1900s)
The
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Large Tansu 1860s-1920s/Chests of Drawers Cabinet Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese black large chest of drawers.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Side Table 1860s-1900s / Coffee Table Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese primitive style side table.
It dates back to the Meiji period (1860s-1900s
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese antique large wooden low table/1868-1920/long table/Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A large low table made in Japan from the Meiji to the early Taisho period (1868-1920).
Originally
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sofa Tables
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Coffee Table 1860s-1920s / Exhibition Stand Mingei Wabi-Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese coffee table.
The furniture is from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
The
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Chestnut
Japanese Antique Primitive Stool 1860s-1900s / Wood Chair Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese stump stool.
This item is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is carved
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Stools
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wabi Sabi Bamboo Shelve 1940s-1960s / Shelf Mingei Cabinet
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Old Japanese bamboo shelves.
The furniture is from the 1940s - 1960s.
Elaborately made
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Showa Shelves
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Antique Small Drawer /Storage Tansu / 1868-1912s / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese small drawer.
It seems to be around the Meiji period, and the material is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1920s / Sculpture Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old daruma wood pattern made in Japan.
The expression of the wood grain and traces of
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Walnut
Japanese Antique Low Table / Sofa Table / 1800-1868s / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese low table.
Originally, there was a box at the top of this, and it was used
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Center Tables
Materials
Wood, Cedar, Pine
Japanese Antique Primitive Black Coffee Table 1860s-1900s / Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old primitive style coffee table made in Japan.
It is a one-of-a-kind piece of furniture
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Tansu / Cabinet Drawer storage / 1868-1912s / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old cabinet in Japan, and it is called a "tansu" in Japan.
It seems to be around the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Black Tansu / Cabinet Storage / 1868-1912s / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old black cabinet called " Tansu" in Japan.
It was used in the Tohoku region of Japan
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Primitive Sofa Table / Bench Low Table / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a table that combines old Japanese trees and farm tools.
The top plate is made of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Primitive Sofa Tables
Materials
Wood, Chestnut
Japanese Antique Small Drawer /Storage Tansu / 1868-1912s / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese drawer.
It seems to be around the Meiji period, and the material is made
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Black Drawer / Cabinet Tansu / 1868-1912s / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese black chest of drawers.
It seems to be around the Meiji period, and the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Shigaraki Folk Art Pottery Mingei Storage Jar Vase and Cover
By Shigaraki Valley Potters
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique large Shigaraki jar with brown and black ash glaze with great contrast and terrific wabi sabi feel, circa 1900. With old, maybe original, straw cover. 19" high, 14" diameter....
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Frog 1900s-1930s/Folk Art Mingei Wabisabi Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wood carving of a frog.
It is an early Showa era item. (1900s-1930s).
It
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Chestnut
Japanese Antique Low Table 1860s-1900s / Sofa Table Primitive Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old Japanese primitive style coffee table.
Simple design with a single board on a stump
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wooden Board Abstract Art 1860s-1900s/Wabi-Sabi Mingei Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a work board used in Japanese private houses.
It dates from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Low Table 1860s-1900s / Sofa Table Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese low table.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It was carved
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Lion Head 1800s-1860s/Folk Art mingei wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old Japanese lion head.
It is an item from the Edo period.
It is an item by the culture
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...
Materials
Cedar
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