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Japanese Antique Coffee Table 1860s-1900s / Primitive Exhibition Stand Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese coffee table.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It is constructed of a beautifully grained stump topped with a single piece of wood.
The top and...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wooden Mortar 1860s-1900s/Flowerpot Primitive Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Old Japanese wooden mortar.
It is from the Meiji era (1860-1900s).
The material is cedar.
It is a rare shape that can only be made in the northern regions of Japan.
It has a go...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Door
Abstract Art
1800s-1900s/Architecture Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a door of a very old Japanese warehouse (KURA).
This door is from the Edo period. (1800s-1900s)
Very rare.
The door was made of plaster, but the plaster has peeled off.
...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
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 to store and transport household goods called "Nagamochi", and it was actively use...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Center Tables
Materials
Wood, Cedar, Pine
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 chestnuts.
The tree of the leg is unknown, but it is made by hand-carving of very hard wood...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Primitive Sofa Tables
Materials
Wood, Chestnut
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, it seems that it was a work table for sitting and doing some work.
There are countl...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sofa Tables
Materials
Cedar
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 is cedar.
It is a lean design.
It has no unnecessary metal fittings.
It is the ulti...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sofa Tables
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Stool 1860s-1900s / Mingei Wabi Sabi Side Chair
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese stool.
The chair was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The seat is estimated to be made of zelkova wood and the branches of cedar wood.
The...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Stools
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Stool 1860s-1900s / Side Chair Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese stool.
This chair is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The seat is made of zelkova wood and the branches are estimated to be made of cedar wood.
I cam...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Stools
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Rustic Chair 1860s-1920s / Wabi Sabi Mingei Seating Stools
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old chair made in Japan.
The chair is from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
The material is zelkova.
It was carved from a large zelkova tree.
It is dynamic and has a very ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chairs
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Large Tansu 1860s-1910s / Wabi Sabi Mingei / Side board
Located in Kawagoe-Shi, JP
furniture.
Material is Japanese cedar.
Over the years, through repeated restoration and painting, it has
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Primitive Round Table 1860s-1900s/Coffee Table Mingei Wabi-Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This large round table is made of Japanese zelkova stump.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The material is zelkova wood for both the top and base.
The beautifully grai...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Primitive Low Table 1860s-1920s/Mingei Coffee Table Sofa Table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese low table.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1920s).
The top is made of cedar wood and the base is made of zelkova wood.
A beautiful abstract solid wood...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Antique Small Cabinet / Tansu Drawer / 1894s / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a small old Japanese cabinet.
It is a type with a drawer at the bottom and a sliding door at the top.
The door handle is made of wood and is installed to be embedded in the...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Tansu / Drawer Cabinet / Edo Period / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old Japanese black drawer.
It was used in shops in the Tohoku region.
It is estimated that it was used around the Edo period (1830-1850).
The material is made of cedar....
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Edo Daruma 1850s-1860s / Sculpture Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Since ancient times, people have created and passed down necessary tools from familiar materials to survive in the severe struggle against nature, and have nurtured a lifestyle cultu...
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Antique 1850s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wsbi Sabi Partition 1900s-1920s / Screen Object Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old Japanese partition.
It is an item from the early Showa period.
The material is cedar.
The black color is beautiful and it has a quiet presence.
This is a very ra...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Old Wood Carving Bear 1950s-1970s / Figurine Sculpture Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wood carving of a bear.
It is a wood carving from the mid-Showa period (1950s-1970s).
The material is believed to be cedar wood.
This wood carving was found ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
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 (1860s-1920s).
Ideal as an object that creates the atmosphere of wabisabi.
It's...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Baskets
Materials
Rattan, Paper
Japanese Antique Straw Basket 1860s-1900s/Flower Vase Wabisabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese straw basket.
It appears to be from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
Very rare item.
It seems to have been used to store rice.
It is clean and in very ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Baskets
Materials
Straw
Japanese Antique Wood Carving
Acalanatha
1800s-1860s/Sculpture Mingei Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wood carving.
It is called "Acalanatha."
In Japan, it is called "Fudo Myoo".
Acala" means motionless and "natha" means guardian.
The overall meaning is ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Large Wooden Bowl 1860s-1900s/Mingei Wabisabi Primitive
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old large Japanese wooden bowl.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
It was carved from one large tree.
It is hand carved without using a machine.
It has a tremendo...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Bowls
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 of cedar wood.
It was used as a tool for kneading buckwheat flour.
We have never e...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Bowls
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Frog 1860s-1920s/sculpture Mingei Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wood carving of a frog.
This item is from the Meiji era. (1860s to 1920s).
It is made of cedar wood.
In Japan, frogs are considered to be good luck charm...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1900s / Sculpture Mingei Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old Japanese wooden Daruma doll.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The material is cedar wood.
This wooden mould is the prototype of the Daruma doll.
Many Daru...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Old Wood Sculpture Chimpanzee 1940s-1960s / Wood Carving Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wood carving of a chimpanzee.
It is from the mid-Showa period (1940s-1960s).
It is made of camphorwood.
It is a dynamic work boldly carved from a large tree....
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
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
Primitive Wood Chair with old leather from Philippines / Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an antique chair from the Philippines.
The design is made of leather held together with wood parts. This is a primitive piece with a distinctive curved leg design and old lea...
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Meiji Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Black Coffee Table 1860s-1900s / Side Table Mingei Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
display stand.
A versatile piece of furniture.
A very valuable piece of Japanese furniture with a wabi
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
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 Buddha Shrine
Zushi
1800s-1860s / Object mingei Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old Buddhist shrine in Japan.
It is called "ZUSHI" in Japanese.
"God's house, place to return"
It's usually made of wood, but it's made of stone.
This is a shrine ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...
Materials
Stone
Old Japanese Wooden Barrel Containing Miso / Table Base / Planter/ Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Interesting things have arrived.
This is a wooden tub for storing miso, which was made in Japan from the late Taisho era to the early Showa era (1912-1945).
When manufacturing miso b...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Taisho Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Bamboo, Cedar
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 Tree Root Stand 1860s-1900s/Natural Wood Primitive Table Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This stand is made of old Japanese natural wood.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The details are unknown, but it may have been used to hold a bonsai tree or something si...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Side Tables
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wabi Sabi Low Table 1860s-1900s / Primitive Sofa Table Mingei
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese low table featuring a separate top and base, allowing for easy movement and placement. It is believed to have been crafted in the Meiji period (1860s–1900...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Sofa Tables
Materials
Cedar
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 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 object.
It is said to be a tool for drying rice.
Today, this kind of tool is not...
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 is zelkova.
This powerful item is carved from a large zelkova tree.
It has an ov...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Wood
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 oak wood.
It is a very rare item.
Carved from a large oak tree.
It is dynamic and ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Oak
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).
The material is zelkova.
It is a very rare item.
It was carved from a large zel...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
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 (1860s-1900s).
The material is zelkova.
This size is very rare item.
It was carved fro...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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 (1860s-1900s).
It is miraculous that it was found in this condition.
The soft ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
Antique Tools for Japanese Lacquer Work (Urushi) / Wabi Sabi Mingei Object
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Antique tools for Japanese lacquer work (urushi).
Japanese lacquer (It's called 'urushi' in Japan) is one of the representative crafts in Japan.
The two tools were used as a palette ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Large Tansu 1860s-1900s / Cabinet Sideboard Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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This is a rare Japanese furniture with a sense of wabi-sabi.
The weight is about 45kg.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
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 Wooden Ladder 1800s-1860s / Wabi Sabi Primitive Mingei Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
hearth.
Soot builds up on the furniture and other parts of the house and turns it black like this ladder
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Ladders
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 (1860s-1900s).
It is carved from cedar wood.
This wood carving is attached to a free h...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
1960s Brutalist Sgraffito Earthenware Mingei Bizen Ikebana Vase Green Grey Black
Located in Melbourne, AU
A most impressive Brutalist Ikebana vase dating to the 1960s, made in Australia. The vase comes from a major collection of Japanese and Australian Ikebana vases. Unsigned.
Our fa...
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Vintage 1960s Australian Brutalist Vases
Materials
Earthenware
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 around the Meiji period and was placed in the attic of a thatched-roofed house for a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Iron
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 Meiji period, and the material is made of cedar.
There are few metal fittings and a ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Daruma 1860s-1900s / Sculpture Mingei Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old wooden Daruma doll.
It was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The material is cedar wood.
A wooden model of Daruma doll.
Many Daruma dolls were mass-prod...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
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 Meiji era (1860s-1920s).
It seems that it was used in agricultural work.
If it...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Baskets
Materials
Rattan, Paper
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 between 1920 and 1940.
It is carved from zelkova wood.
The artist's name and other de...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
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).
It is made of cedar and zelkova wood.
It is very rare.
It is simple and cool, w...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Cedar
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 material is cedar wood.
This wooden mold is the prototype for Daruma dolls.
Ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Pottery Vase / 1912-1950 / Mingei / Pottery Tube / Kiln Tools
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have a unique Japanese aesthetic sense.
And only we can introduce unique items through our purchasing channels in Japan and the experience we have gained so far, in such a way th...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases
Materials
Pottery
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 estimate that this wood carving was made between 1920 and 1940.
It is made of cedar...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
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