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Antique Japanese Bamboo Spinning Wheel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
: Base is Cryptomeria Wood, and Wheel is all Bamboo
Late Meiji Period 1868-1912
Good Condition.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Bamboo, Wood, Cedar
20th Century Netzuke
Located in TORINO, IT
Netzuke eggplant, shaped in boxwood.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji More Asian Art, Objects and Fu...
Materials
Wood
$1,894
Monumental Japanese Hollowed Tree Trunk Jardinière
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese Meiji period hollowed tree trunk jardinière with a dark brown twisted trunk with a
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Copper
20th Century Japanese Gold and Silver Makie Box
Located in TORINO, IT
Japanese gold and silver makie box, with pewter rims, is decorated with design of herons on the willow, 19th century.
Measures: 12.2 x 9.8 x 5 cm.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Japanese Yonezawa Tansu 2-Section Clothing Storage Chest
Located in New York, NY
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Meiji Period, circa 1880.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Hand-Painted Four-Panel Folding Table Screen
Located in Miami, FL
branches. Painted on paper with a silk border and wood framed.
Height: 35" width: 70" depth: 1
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper, Silk, Wood
Japanese Yonezawa Tansu 2-Section Clothing Storage Chest
Located in New York, NY
affixed to the lower section.
Minor surface scratches and signs of wear otherwise fine condition.
Meiji
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Carved Japanese Meji Period Export Table in the Art Nouveau Style
Located in Treasure Island, CA
wood furniture to come out of Japan and made primarily for export. Wildly overdone, they are also known
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Imposing Late 19th Century Japanese Bronze Okimono of a Samurai
By Eisuke Miyao 1
Located in London, GB
A wonderful Japanese Meiji-era, (1868 - 1912) Bronze Okimono depicting a Samurai. Signed by Miyao
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Japanese Momotarō Folktale Bronze Monkey Sculpture on Base, 1960s
Located in San Francisco, CA
A delightful 1960s Meiji period-style Japanese cast bronze monkey figure on lacquered wood base
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Keyaki Tansu Merchant
s Chest
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Merchant’s Chest (choba-dansu), Toyama, the front entirely constructed of keyaki (Zelkova serrata), original fuki-urushi lacquer finish, completed with hinoki (Chamaecyparis...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century Japanese Writing Cabinet
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
An excellent 19th century Japanese writing cabinet of unusual design, small proportions and profusely decorated; the shaped back with a dragon scene and gilt finials to the corners, ...
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Secretaires
Materials
Wood
Japanese Nagasaki Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Display Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
restorations overall, signs of wear and age otherwise in remarkably fine condition.
Meiji Period 1867- 1912
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Very Nice, Elegant Patinated Bronze of the Japanese Geisha, circa 1890
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Taiko, would not be developed until the mid-20th century, circa 1890, Meiji period.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Carved and Painted Wooden Monkey
Located in New York, NY
Seated, holding a honeycomb with a wasp sitting on it, this intricately carved monkey is inlaid with glass eyes. Signed.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Silk Embroidered Tapestry with Gold Hammered Silk Thread
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
printed with an abstract rendering of dragons. The tapestry border covers a wood insert at the top from
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Gold, Metallic Thread
Antique Japanese Late Meiji Wood Box In Silver Frame With Chickens
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, varnished wooden box in silver frame. Circa: 1868 to 1912. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Wood Planter
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Meiji Period Japanese Planter in carved wood, featuring mother of pearl, leaves and floral insets
Category
Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wood Tray Table, Meiji Period
Located in New York, NY
. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). 5 inches high, 22 inches wide, 13 inches deep. Original finish.
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Tray Tables
Materials
Teak
Japanese Meiji Period Lacquered Wood Buddha with Mandorla
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Meiji period lacquered sculpted wood Buddha figure seated on an elaborately carved lotus
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Meiji Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Carved Wood Okimono Man with Rabbits
Located in Newark, England
The charming figure, carved from a single piece of wood is exceptionally carved showing the male
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Keyaki Elm Wood Jizai Hearth Hook, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by ZENA KRUZICK
Meiji Period Keyaki wood (elm) Jizai hearth hook, Japan
Jizai in this J
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Meiji Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Elm
Signed Bronze Meiji Period Censor on Hard Wood Stand
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual signed bronze Meiji period censor on hard wood stand, circa 1900.
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tenjin-Sama, Wood, Japanese Shinto Deity of Learning and Wisdom, Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
. Sitting on a wood stand. Meiji Period.
Note: The dimensions listed are of the statue only; the stand
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Iron and Wood Spades, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Meiji period Iron and Wood Spades, Japan.
Two Primitive spades made when Japan was largely an
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Tribal Primitives
Materials
Iron
$750 / item
Japanese Meiji Chairs C1900
Located in Hudson, NY
This is a pair of Meiji period chairs from Japan.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chairs
Materials
Wood
Japanese Late Meiji Period Keyaki Wood Traveling Tansu Chest with Seven Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese late Meiji period keyaki wood tansu chest from the late 19th century, with seven drawers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Japanese Gilt Wood Fukukenjaku Kannon, Meiji Period or Earlier, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive and esoteric Japanese carved and gilt wood figure of Fukukenjaku Kannon, Amoghapasa
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cypress
Japanese Meiji Period Late 19th Century Red and Black Altar Shrine Wood Cabinet
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period altar shrine cabinet from the late 19th century, with red and black patina
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Shibayama Art, Meiji Era, Ebonized Wood, Lacquer, Two Panel Screen, Japan, 1890s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Shibayama Art, Meiji Era, Ebonized Wood, Lacquer, Japanese Two Panel Screen, Room Divider, Japan
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Kitsune (Fox) Known As "Hakuzosu" Dressed as a Monk, Japanese, Wood, Meiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Kitsune (Fox), known as "Hakuzosu”, dressed as a monk, is a popular figure in Japanese folklore.
The detail of the carving is extraordinary, with the graceful folds of the robe obsc...
Category
Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Shibayama Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautiful signed and finely detail Japanese Meiji period Shibayama cabinet. Many of the individual
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Japan 1900 Meiji Miniature Hanagamidai Cabinet in Gilded Wood
Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Miniature hanagamidai cabinet from the Japan meiji (1858-1912) period.
Gorgeous and rare
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Keyaki Wood Tansu Chest in the Sendai Style
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period keyaki wood tansu clothing chest in the Sendai Isho-dansu style, with hand
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Gilt Decorated Porcelain Vases
Wood Bases C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma vases offer porcelain construction with painted genre
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Keyaki Wood Hibachi with Copper Liner and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique 19th century Japanese rectangular keyaki wood hibachi from the Meiji period, with copper
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Copper
Meiji Period Hinoki Tansu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meiji period hinoki wood Tansu. Made in Japan, circa late 19th century.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Cypress
$10,300
Japanese Meiji Noh Lacquered Wood Mask of Okina The Happy Old Man by Ko-Ikiu
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Meiji period lacquered carved paloma wood Noh mask depicting Okina, the happy old man of
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Black Lacquered Cypress Wood Writing Desk, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
wood with a lovely wood grain, it features a fold out desk and multiple small drawers of varying sizes
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Scholar s Objects
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Silver Oxidized Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Meiji Period Silver Oxidized Screen
Period: Meiji
Size: 174 x 174 cm (68.5 x 68.5 inches)
SKU
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Black Japanese Tansu Chest, Meiji Period
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful vintage, Meiji Period, Japanese Tansu with seven full capacity drawers. Large, unique
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Japanese Quarrelling Hawk Okimono Meiji Period
Located in Newark, England
Meiji period era.
Notes Falconry (Takagari ??) was a Japanese sport of the noble class, and a symbol
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Meiji Period Keyaki Wood Elm Tansu Chest in the Sendai Dansu Style
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period tansu clothing chest in the Sendai Isho-dansu style, made of Keyaki wood
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Carved Netsuke Box Wood Sennin Buddha Meiji Period 1868-1912 Pill Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
. Meiji Period (1868-1912).
The main body which shows a second Carp resting on the shoulder, opens to
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Japanese Lacquer Hatbox, Meiji Period
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautiful Japanese Meiji period black lacquer and gilt lacquer hatbox. The hatbox is in overall
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silk, Lacquer, Wood
Japanese Meiji Bronze Urn Form Table Lamps
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Meiji period bronze urn form table lamps. Each urn with three horned beast handles and
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$1,152 / set
19th Century Meiji Period Bronze Tiger
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A stunning Meiji period bronze tiger stood upon root wood stand.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Period Lacquered Maki-e Tray
Located in Montreal, QC
Japan, incised and Maki-e lacquered wood, the center
depicting a fan decorated with cranes under a
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Fine Bronze Japanese Temple Gong
Located in South Burlington, VT
Temple "Rin" gong from Meiji period Japan, 1868-1912. Crafted from hand-hammered bronze, with
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Musical Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Iki Ningyo Face, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Iki Ningyo Face, Meiji period, Japan
A small and highly animated example of iki-ningyo (living
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Tribal Art
Materials
Glass, Paint, Wood
Japanese Sendai Tansu, Meiji 1868 -1912
Located in San Marino, CA
Japanese low tansu with original hardware, one long drawer above one short drawer and one locking door enclosing two drawers. Sitting on iron stand.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
19th Century Meiji Era Antique Japanese Sendai Tansu
Located in Peabody, MA
An exceptional 19th century Meiji period Japanese tansu from the Sendai region. Features a rich
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Drawer / Storage / Meiji Period WabiSabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old wooden drawer in Japan.
It seems to be around the Meiji period.
The material is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Korean Meiji Period Five-Panel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century five-panel painted screen. Meiji period paintings from Japanese
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Grasscloth, Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Meiji Period Two-Panel Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Diminutive Japanese late Meiji period two-panel landscape screen. Featuring a small village with
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese lacquer cabinet, Meiji period, circa 1900
Located in Greding, DE
Small Japanese lacquer cabinet from the Meiji period with two doors and a drawer as well as side
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Gold
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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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