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Antique Japanese Mitsuore Ningyo of a Girl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Mitsuore ningyo of a girl, a jointed costume doll crafted of wood and covered in multiple
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Toys and Dolls
Materials
Silk, Wood
Japanese Antique Low Table / Coffee Table / 1868-1912s / Wabi-sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
temple schools from the Edo to Meiji periods.
The side is carved into a heart shape, creating a striking
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
Ando Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese Woodblock Print Mallard Duck
Located in Bridgeport, CT
wood frame with fine beading, matted and glazed.
Black calligraphy inscription upper left.
Gallery
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Meiji Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
1870s-1900s Japanese antique Mizuya tansu chest sideboard Wabi sabi primitive
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
, reddish Sugi Cedar. The product of circa 1870s to 1900s (Meiji to early Taisho period).
Finished with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Chests of Drawers , Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This antique Japanese chest of drawers dates back to the Meiji period.
This chest is made from
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Chests of Drawers , Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This antique Japanese chest of drawers dates back to the Meiji period.
This chest is made from
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
1870s-1900s Japanese antique large Mizuya tansu chest. wabi sabi primitive
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
, reddish Sugi Cedar, the product of circa 1870s to 1900s (Meiji to early Taisho period).
Relatively larger
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Cedar
19th Century Japanese Iron and Mixed Metal Wall Panel
Located in North Miami, FL
A rare Meiji period 1868-1912 iron and mixed metal panel by a highly important early Meiji period
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Art
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Iron
$39,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Located in Atlanta, GA
lower document box (Ryoshibako) circa 1910-30s (end of Meiji to Showa period). The high glossy box was
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Stone, Metal
1890s-1920s Japanese antique wooden mortar wabi sabi low coffee table side table
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Meiji, Taisho to early Showa period, estimate from the condition.
This is relatively smaller / slimmer
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Wood
Japanese Antique Chest of Drawers 1860s-1900s / Tansu Nightstand Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old drawer storage made in Japan.
This furniture was made during the Meiji period (1860s
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
$680 Sale Price
32% Off
Japanese Antique Black Drawer Storage 1860s-1900s / Tansu Sideboard Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old drawer storage made in Japan.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s) and
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
$1,360 Sale Price
24% Off
Japanese Six Panel Kano School Winter Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Meiji period six-panel screen depicting a winter landscape with a Chinese sage
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Japanese Six-Panel Screen "Wild Grasses and Peonies by Rivers Edge"
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Wild Grasses and Peonies by Rivers Edge. Early Meiji period (1868
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Peony, Wisteria, Cherry and Bamboo on Soft Silver
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Peony, Wisteria, cherry and bamboo on soft silver, Meiji period (1868
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Pair of Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screens Mythical Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
the dominant style of painting from the late 15th century until the Meiji period which began in 1868
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Summer Flowers on Silk
Located in Hudson, NY
Rimpa painting of flowers including morning glories, hollyhocks, sweet peas, nadeshiko, and daisies. Signature and seal read: Bisui
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Japanese Antique Low Table / Sofa Table Coffee Table / 1868-1912s Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
is unknown, but it is considered to be katsura wood, and the color has become darker due to aging
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sofa Tables
Materials
Wood, Cedar
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Lacquerware Bowl — Aizu Lacquer, Dry Lacquer Technique (Early 20th Cent
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Dimensions: W 17.7 × D 17.5 × H 8.3 cm
Weight: 255 g
Origin: Japan (Aizu region)
A refined urushi lacquer bowl crafted in the Aizu region, renowned for its centuries-old lacquer tra...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Two Opposing Ebonized Elephant Figures With Stands
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Pair of Ebonized hardwood Elephants in stylized form. Likely Japanese, the Pair stand with heads turned and striding forward with one front leg extended. Mounted on intricately car...
Category
20th Century Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Glass, Plastic
Japanese Antique Storage Box 1860s-1900s / Tansu Sideboard Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old box storage made in Japan.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s), and
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sideboards
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Chests of Small Drawers , Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This medicine chest from the Meiji period has 36 small drawers and is highly practical.
It can be
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
1860s-1920s Japanese antique Black urushi Tansu chest of drawers wabi sabi
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Antique mid-size tansu with 4 drawers - product of Meiji to Taisho period (estimate 1868-1926
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Cedar, Wood
Early to Mid-20th Century Rosewood Biwa Plectrum, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rosewood Plectrum for Biwa, Japan
A beautiful rosewood plectrum used in plucking the strings of a chikuzen-biwa, which is a 4-5 string fretted lute used traditionally for narrativ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Meiji Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Garden of Chrysanthemums
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Against a shimmering golden background, chrysanthemums bloom in white, crimson, and yellow — flowers that in Japanese culture symbolize longevity, nobility, and the eternal cycle of ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,430
Chrysanthemums in Golden Radiance
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Against a shimmering golden background, chrysanthemums bloom in white, crimson, and yellow — flowers that in Japanese culture symbolize longevity, nobility, and the eternal cycle of ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fine and Large Antique Asian Altar Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique Japanese altar table. Dark brown stained wood tall narrow altar table with a small drawer
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
20th Century Japanese Black Lacquer Box with Gold Bird and Reed Motif Decorative
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
20th Century Japanese Black Lacquer Box with Gold Bird and Reed Motif, Decorative & Functional
Description:
This elegant Japanese lacquer box, crafted in the 20th century, is a beau...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Two Panel Screen Moon Rising Through Bamboo on Silver Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Moon rising through bamboo on silver leaf, Meiji period painting (1868
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Ikebana on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Ikebana on gold. Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a basket with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Silk Embroidery in Lacquer Frame, c.1890
Located in Savannah, GA
A Japanese export silk embroidery of a Shinto shrine in original parcel gilt ebonized lacquer frame, circa 1890.
29 ¼ by 24 ¾ inches
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Textiles
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Framed Japanese Kabuki Triptych Print with Samurai and Courtesan Actors
Located in Yonkers, NY
and roles, a common practice in Edo and Meiji-era Kabuki prints.
Protected behind glass, the artwork
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Red Lacquer Ribbed Candle Holder Pair, Meji Period c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
elegant circular design with full height ribbed patterning. They are crafted from wood and a bright red
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Two Panel Screen Nara Deer in Gentle Yoshino Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
, an area famous for these small and tame deer native to Japan. Meiji period (1868 - 1912), Shijo
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Antique Kimono Fabric Mounted on Screen
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Late Nineteenth Century Kimono Fabric Mounted on Early Twentieth Century Screen. In the Heian period (eighth century to the twelfth century), noblemen wou...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Six-Panel Screen, a Garden for All Seasons
Located in Hudson, NY
An imaginary garden with flowers from all seasons including spring lilies, summer hibiscuses, autumn chrysanthemums, and winter berries. Wild autumn grasses move in a soft breeze wit...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Geese in a Country Setting
Located in Hudson, NY
Country farm geese with early spring blossoms and a bamboo fence. Beautiful details on the feathers. Signature and seal read Keibo Joshi (Ms. Keibo) mineral pigments on silk with a...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Antique Pair Buddhist Monju Fugen Bosatsu Nyorai Temple Shrine Buddhas
Located in Studio City, CA
Truly stunning pair of hand-carved wood Japanese buddha statues / sculptures that sit serenely atop
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
Pair of Japanese Abalone And Lacquer Inlaid Kiri Hibachis With Copper Inserts
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Japanese Abalone and Lacquer Inlaid Kiri Hibachis with copper inserts, Late Meiji period
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Shell
Antique Japanese Singing Bowl Brown Hammered Divots C5
Located in Somis, CA
that refreshes one's senses. Great for meditation or as a design element. All original. New solid wood
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$255 Sale Price / set
32% Off
Byobu- Japanese Folding Screen Gold Leaf
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Japanese six-panel screen from the Kano school: Japanese landscape with an elegant crane.
Hand painted with mineral pigments and gold leaf inks.
The pure gold leaf is laid with great...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Tansu Campaign Style Clothing Chest
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an antique Asian Tansu campaign style stacking clothing chest. It has a lacquered burnt orange finish and hand forged hardware with fish motif. This is a 19th century piece a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Japanese Tansu, chest-on-chest (isho kasane-dansu), Yonezawa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese chest-on-chest for clothing storage (isho kasane-dansu) from Yonezawa, constructed of hinoki (Chaemaecyparis obtusa) and keyaki (Zelkova serrata) drawer fronts, traditional ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Gilt Takamaki-E Tabako-Bon, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This box with many drawers is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the traditional accessories of Ja...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Brass
Japanese Bronze Pheasant Okimono Genryusai Seiya
Located in Newark, England
this Japanese bronze okimono of a Pheasant upon a naturalistic root wood base. The Pheasant cast from
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Tachibina (Imperial couple) doll set.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
a special wood display kimono tray with painted silk lining of a blossoming cherry tree. Included is
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
Pair of Japanese Screens: Ink paintings of peacocks on gold leaf by Imao Keinen
By Imao Keinen
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A pair of screens by Imao Keinen featuring peacocks painted in ink on gold leaf. Lacquered wood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Japanese Six Panel Screen: Silver Moon Rising Over Summer Field
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Silver Moon Rising Over Summer Field. Rimpa Style painting of a moon rising over summer flowers and grasses, including cockscomb and blue bellflowers. Pa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Rimpa School Chrysanthemums on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
An abundant use of gold with beautifully draped chrysanthemums and gold flake clouds. Mineral pigments, go fun, gold leaf on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Tree Root Stand 1860s-1900s / Pedistal / Side Table / Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
This display stand is made from the roots of a very old Japanese tree.
It is from the Meiji period
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Pedestals
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th c. Japanese Shaku Dokei Hanging Stick Pillar Wall Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Japanese stick clock or Shaku-Dokei. The wood case has a removable glazed hood with a lift-out front door
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Group of Three Antique Japanese Hand Carved Monkey Figures
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A group of three early 20th Century well crafted wood Monkey figures in the classic poses of See
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Japanese Lacquered Box / Altar Table, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
detachable, to reveal a wide inner compartment.
The black-lacquered top presents some wood warping
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Meiji Tray Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Leather Tobacco Pouch and Netsuke, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the late 19th century during Japan's Meiji period, this petite leather tobacco pouch is
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Mounted Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
19th Century Japanese Lotus Leaf Dish
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite petite carved wood dish from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) masterfully
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Wood
Large Framed Japanese Buddhist Amida Temple Hall Painting, Mid-19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
early Meiji period, mid-19th century, Japan. Mounted with silk brocade and framed in a heavy, carved and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Acrylic, Wood, Paint
19th Century Japanese Red And Black Lacquer Table Mirror Gilt Brass Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Japanese black and red lacquer table mirror with gilt and etched brass mounts, beveled glass. This mirror has a lovely shape, reminiscent of a Shinto temple. It is cover...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Table Mirrors
Materials
Brass
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Meiji Wood For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic meiji wood available at 1stDibs. A meiji wood — often made from wood, metal and paper — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer meiji wood, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A meiji wood made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made meiji wood over the years, but those crafted by Century Furniture, Eisuke Miyao and Imao Keinen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Meiji Wood?
A meiji wood can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,083, while the lowest priced sells for $145 and the highest can go for as much as $260,424.
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.
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