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Japanese Big Antique Bronze Meditation Bell Calming Sound, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
by donors and temple followers on its rim dating to the 19th century, Meiji period.
Pleasant serene
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Fine Antique Natural Form Black Lacquered Ikebana Planter, signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
, signed and with tomobako collector box
Period: Meiji period(1868-1912).
Dimensions: 11 inches high and
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Large Bronze Antique Meditation Bell, Soothing Reverberating Sound
Located in South Burlington, VT
wood display base with silk pillow and old authentic well used striker.
When struck, it creates a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Gilt Traveling Shrine of Seated Kannon, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The simple exterior of even black lacquer that encases this 19th century Japanese traveling shrine belies the splendor within. The hinged doors open to reveal an intricately carved g...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century Pair of Scrimshaw Miniature Plaques
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century pair of scrimshaw miniature plaques, each framed, Japanese. Miniature sumi-e type scrimshaw plaques one with a whaling scene, the other with a fishing scene. Each si...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Ivory
Okimono Set of Carved Red Apple-Shapped Ivory Figurines with a Wooden Brown Base
Located in North Miami, FL
Materials: ivory, wood
Technique: carved, hand-carved, hand-crafted
Date: late 19th century
Style: Meiji
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Fine Antique “Ladies” "Tea" Shop Sign, Hand-Carved, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
tea shop, measure: 34 inches high and 20 inches wide, Meiji period (1868-1912).
It reads "tea" in
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Fine Antique Hand-Carved "Children
s Medicine" Fish Sign, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
-kanban- in the form of a Koi fish, measure: 14” high and 23” long, Meiji period (1868-1912).
It reads
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Gilt Sakyamuni Buddha with Stele
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricately carved from wood, this exquisite Buddha was finished with gold leaf and lacquer
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Powerful Japanese Antique Old Forest God Mask Tengu Dramatic Nose, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
collection.
Lacquer over willow wood.
Late Meiji period, 1895
Fine old patina.
Dimensions: 9
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Japanese Seated Figure of Amida
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately carved seated figure depicts the Amitābha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. Known also as Amida in Japan, he is the oldest and most important of the five celestial Budd...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Japanese Big Antique Hand-Painted Wooden 19th Century Fortune Money Cat Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
money cat.
It is signed bottom Shugetsu Gatana, Meiji 4th year (1872) and dates to the mid Meiji period
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Noh Mask with Fine Details, Signed, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
carved in an unusual large-scale.
Lacquer over willow wood.
Early Taisho period, 1910
Fine old patina
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Antique Gigaku Noh Mask with Fine Details, Signed, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
an unusual large-scale.
Lacquer over willow wood.
Early Taisho period, 1910
Fine old patina
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Jizai Kagi Hearth Hook, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This Japanese hearth hook dates to the late 19th century and would have originally been used to suspend cooking pots above a traditional sunken floor hearth (irori). Known as a jizai...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Copper
Japanese Jizai Kagi Hearth Hook, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This Japanese hearth hook dates to the early 20th century and would have originally been used to suspend cooking pots above a traditional sunken floor hearth (irori). Known as a jiza...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Copper
Japanese Old Tree Bump Root Object/Antique Natural Wood Wabisabi Sculpture
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Japanese old natural wood.
The age is unknown, but it is quite old.
It has a very firm and firm
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1920s / Wabi Sabi Sculpture
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese large wooden Daruma.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
It is
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wooden Board, "Abstract Sculptures", Wabi-Sabi, Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a wooden antique board from the Meiji era.
It is made of high-grade Japanese chestnut
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Early 20th Century Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Fine Antique "Seven Lucky Gods" Hand Carved Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
condition with Zelcova (elm) and Kiri woods construction.
Meiji Period, 1900.
Excellent, clean original
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japan Meiji 1900 Three Bronze Ducks Sculpture in Wood Stand and Coral
Located in Miami, FL
Sculptural composition of the ducks from the Japanese Meiji Period.
Beautiful and very well
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Ebisu Sculpture in Wood Carving of an Old Fisherman
Located in Miami, FL
sculpture, created in Japan during the Meiji dynastic period (1868-1912) back in the 1890's. This piece
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Wood Stacked Monkey TOTEM, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Meiji period wood stacked monkey TOTEM, Japan.
A stack of monkeys portrays the Buddhist maxim
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Bronze Cow Sculpture on Lacquered Stand
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Meiji period bronze cast resting cow sculpture, placed on a fine lacquered presentation
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Unusual Carved Wood Hotei Group
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful and unusual Japanese Meiji wooden carving of two interpretations of Hotei dating from
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Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Bunraku Puppet Hand Fragment, Wood, Japanese, Meiji period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Puppet hand fragment, wood, Japanese, Meiji period.
This Meiji period Bunraku wooden arm is a
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Signed Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Tiger Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique signed Meiji period Japanese bronze statue.
In the form of a roaring tiger
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Nio, Guardian of the Buddha Guatama, Polychrome Wood, Japanese, Meiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Nio, Guardian of the Buddha Guatama, polychrome wood, Japanese, Late Meiji
One of the two
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Shop Sign "Kanban" for Footwear, Double-Sided, Keyaki Wood, Late Meiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese shop sign "Kanban" for Footwear, double-sided, Keyaki wood, Late Meiji.
This wooden
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Japanese "Gyoban" Buddhist Drum Fish, Wood, Meiji Period, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
meditation. Suspended in front of entrance to refectory.
Carved in wood in a fish image with mouth open
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Bronze Japanese Meiji Period Tiger on a Natural Carved Wood Base
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large bronze Japanese Meiji period tiger on a natural carved wood base, circa 1890. Robust and
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Old Japanese Hearth Tool/Fish-Shaped Wood Carving Figurine/Meiji Period/Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
rods and hangs from a beam on the ceiling. Some of these hooks are made of wood in the shape of a fish
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Small Japanese Kettle Made by Carving Bamboo/Sculpture / Meiji Era-Early Showa
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a rare sculpture made by carving bamboo.
The era is probably from the Meiji era to the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Japanese Wood Netsuke " The Rat on the Wood Board" Signed, Meiji Era
Located in Norton, MA
A Japanese Antique carved netsuke "The Rat on the Wood Board" dated around the late 19th to early
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Mingei Kitsune Fox Head, Carved Wood and Plaster, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
wood with painted plaster, Meiji Period, Japan.
The charming animal head portraying a fox, known as
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plaster, Softwood
Japanese Hand-Carved Wood 19th Century Monkey Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
From Japan's golden age of creativity, Meiji Period (1868-1912) and the Year of the Monkey; 2016
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Carved and Painted Panel
Located in Essex, MA
With overall polychrome flowers and leaves in a rectangular panel.
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Antique 1850s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Iki Mask of an Expressive Face
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Meiji period Iki mask in carved wood with a Japanese collection label on the back
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke
Sitting Rabbit
1900s Meiji Gyokuseki
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Meiji period 1900s.
The signature is written
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Raccoon Dog 1860s-1920s / Mingei Animal Sculpture
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
monk.
It is believed to be from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
It is an Itto-bori carving.
It is
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Old Wood Carving Snake 1860s-1920s / Antique Figurine Wooden Sculpture
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
An old Japanese wood carving snake.
It seems that it is carved into a wooden bump.
The era
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Wooden Nestuke
Crab
1900s
Gyokuseki
Meiji Era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around meiji period 1900s.
This netsuke was made by a
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wood Netsuke " The Chi-Lin " by Yoshitoshi Late Meiji Era
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a famous netsuke artist, Yoshitoshi from Japanese, a carved netsuke "The Dragon" dated around the late 19th to early 20th century.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Iki Ningyo
Living Doll
Face, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Iki Ningyo Face, Meiji period, Japan
gofun, paint, glass eyes, animal hair
This small, hyper
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Mask of Okamo, the Goddess of Happiness
Located in Astoria, NY
A Japanese sculpted wood theater mask depicting Okamo, the goddess of happiness. The piece was made
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Iki Mask of an Expressive Character Face
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Meiji period Iki mask in carved wood with a Japanese collection label on the back
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Meiji Style Antique Teakwood Dragon 20th Century
Located in Lomita, CA
The year of the dragon shines an additional spotlight on this beautiful antique teakwood sculpture
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Teak
Japanese Bunraku Samurai Puppet, Meiji Period
Located in Austin, TX
Created for Bunraku theatre, this Bunraku, known in Japan as a Ningyo Jorurui, depicts a samurai warrior. He is dressed in full kamishimo, with a kataginu and hakama of rich brocade ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metallic Thread
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1900s / Sculpture Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old wooden Daruma doll.
It was made in the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The material
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Samurai Conch War Trumpet Horagi, Meiji Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese antique samurai conch war trumpet Horagi with fine black lacquered mouth piece, Meiji
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1900s / Wabisabi Sculpture Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old wooden Daruma doll.
It was made in the Meiji era (1860s-1900s).
The material is oak wood
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Oak
Japanese Wood Netsuke " The Chi-Lin Beast"by Yoshitoshi Late Meiji Era
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a famous netsuke artist, Yoshitoshi from Japanese, a carved netsuke "The Chi-Lin Beast" dated around the late 19th to early 20th century.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1900s-1920s / Wabisabi Sculpture Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old wooden Daruma doll.
It was made in the Meiji era (1900s-1920s).
The material is
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Japanese Old Wood Carving Turtle 1900s-1920s/Antique Figurine Sculpture Fork Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a Japanese wood carving turtle.
It is a hand carving using a wooden knob.
It is an item
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Old Wood Carving Cat 1860s-1920s / Antique Figurine Animal Sculpture
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Old Japanese wood carving cat.
It seems to be from the Meiji era to the Taisho era.
The material
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1900s-1920s / Sculpture Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old wooden Daruma doll made in Japan.
It was made in the Meiji period (1900s-1920s
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Samurai Wine Gourd "Hyotan" Curvaceous Form, Meiji Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
"Hyotan" a beautiful curvaceous form with original stopper and original tassles, Meiji period
This is a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Natural Fiber, Wood
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Meiji Wood Sculpture For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of meiji wood sculpture for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and bronze, every item from our selection of meiji wood sculpture was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choice in our collection of meiji wood sculpture — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An object in our assortment of meiji wood sculpture, designed in the Folk Art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one option in this array of meiji wood sculpture that is appealing in its simplicity, but Eisuke Miyao produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Meiji Wood Sculpture?
Prices for a piece of meiji wood sculpture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $95 and can go as high as $60,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,450.
A Close Look at Meiji Furniture
From 1868 to 1912, Emperor Mutsuhito oversaw an era of transformation in Japan. Formerly a country of feudalism and isolation, Japan entered an age of modernization influenced by newly established trade and exchange with the West. The Meiji period, or period of “enlightened rule,” also saw the global impact of the East Asian country’s culture. Japanese Meiji furniture was exhibited at expositions from Paris to San Francisco and created for export.
Prior to the Meiji era, furniture was mostly made by commission for the ruling class; now there were new domestic and international markets. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Meiji furniture made for Japanese homes and buildings constructed in Western styles resulted in taller tables, chairs, cabinets with large drawers and other features. The government invested in areas such as transportation and communication, and because people could freely choose occupations after the restrictions of feudalism, industries of various types were energized by expressive new ideas during those years. Art schools were formed and, for the first time, design was an area of study in the country, leading to the evolution of professional design as a career by the 1890s.
The work of Japanese designers was transmitted widely through lavishly illustrated pattern books that included designs for screens and lacquerware for the home. While screens today may be of use as decorative accents or partitions to ensure privacy in one’s space, Japanese screens were adorned with paintings and were featured in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. The color illustrations that characterize Meiji woodblock prints, a genre of Japanese art that grew out of 17th-century developments in printing and book publishing, depicted the sweeping changes that the era brought to East Asia.
Although it was a time of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions. From colorful porcelain table lamps with silk shades and hardwood tables decorated with dark lacquer to cabinets featuring iron hardware and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Meiji furniture showcased Japan’s artistic heritage to the world.
Find a collection of antique Japanese Meiji period case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
Questions About Meiji Wood Sculpture
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021The 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.
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