Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
MEIJI STYLE
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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Style: Meiji
Collection of 23 Shibayama Objects, Japan, Meiji Period, late 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Naturalistically crafted objects in the form of mushrooms and fruits, mostly signed. Executed in ivory using the Shibayama-zaiku technique, incorporating coral, mother-of-pearl, gems...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Coral, Multi-gemstone, Metal
Antique Japanese History Book Meiji Era, circa 1878
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Japanese History book Meiji era, circa 1878 Woodblock print book Book dimensions: 182 mm x 121 mm There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the photos.
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1870s Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Paper
$480 Sale Price
42% Off
1894 Meiji Japanese Antique Washi paper covered wooden box wabi sabi primitive
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Paper covered wooden box with lid - made around 1894 (Meiji 27), written on the lid with brush calligraphy.
Can be displayed as a unique wabi sabi art piece, also as display stand w...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Wood, Paper
Japanese Antique Meiji Period Vesta Case by Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
DEPICTING A MYTHICAL HO-O PHOENIX
From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Vesta Case by Fujii Yoshitoyo. The Vesta Case extensively decorated with gol...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Gold Plate, Brass
Japanese Kiseru Tobacco Pipe
Case, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant pipe of white brass and bamboo dates to early 20th century Japan and was used for smoking finely shredded tobacco (kizami-tabako). Known as a rao-kiseru, these short smo...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Brass
JAPAN 1890 Meiji Period Kanzashi Hair Stick In Gild Sterling With Red Coral
Located in Miami, FL
A hair Kanzashi stick from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912).
Beautiful decorative Kanzashi hair decoration from the Japanese Imperial Meiji period, circa 1890. This hair double...
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1890s Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Sterling Silver
$1,575 Sale Price
30% Off
Japanese Antique Hand Painted Lotus And Blue Waters Screen Vibrant Colors
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions- Hard to Find Lotus Flowers
A stunning Japanese Antique Hand Painted six panel byobu screen on silk executed with lovely lotus flowers and vib...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Gold Leaf
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Edo-Meiji Period Samurai Tantō Knife/Short Blade Sword and Scabbard
Located in North Miami, FL
19th century Edo-Meiji period samurai Tantō knife/short blade sword and scabbard
By: unknown
Material: iron, metal, paint, steel, leather, wood, lacquer, metal
Technique: forged, ha...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Metal, Copper, Steel, Iron
Japanese Meiji Six-Panel Folding Screen with Courtly Landscape and Pavilion
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period six-panel folding screen, late 19th century, showcasing an exquisitely painted yamato-e style composition. Featuring noble figures in an idyllic landscape, th...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Silk, Wood, Paper
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 frame, brocade border, incised copper hardware.
Dimensions: H 175cm x W 352cm
Biogr...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Period Black Lacquered Trunk on Stand
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Japanese black lacquered wood trunk with engraved cast brass corner mounts and bails for the lift off cover. The brasses retain traces of their original gilding. All four sides of the case have been decorated in a restrained design of flowers and butterflies, and the interior of the trunk retains its original watercolored paper. The trunk has been mounted on a custom forged iron stand...
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19th Century Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Brass, Iron
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese 24K Gold
Silver Overlay Cigarette Case
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese 24K Yellow Gold and Silver Overlay Cigarette Case, decoration depicting a village landscape scene with Mount Fuji in the distance within an ivy vine border, three birds to t...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Gold, Silver
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 layers of burnished gofun, made to stand as well as kneel, fabric and wire upper arms to facilitate costuming, a beautiful modeled face...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silk, Wood
Pair of Vintage Japanese Obi Silk Pillows
Located in Chicago, IL
These hand-crafted throw pillows were designed by a local Chicago artist and textile historian who lovingly repurposes the vintage fabrics, garments and embroidery fragments she collects during her travels. Each pillow has a central panel of vibrant orange silk, woven with a pattern of peacock feathers and butterflies. The colorful silk brocade was sourced from a vintage Japanese obi...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Linen, Silk
$1,380 / set
1870s-1920s Japanese Antique paper covered wooden box wabi sabi primitive Meiji
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
New finds from Tohoku area, Japan.
Paper covered wooden box with lid - a product of Meiji to Taisho period (1868-1926) estimate from the style
conditions.
Can be displayed as ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood, Paper
Yellow Ground Incense Burner with Flowers and Birds Cloisonné Enamel Meiji Era
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Top quality incense burner
Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Additional information:
Material: Bronze & Metal
Primary Material: Bronze & Cloisonne
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
$3,549 Sale Price
20% Off
Ichimatsu Ningyo Doll from Japan Around 1890
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ichimatsu Ningyo doll is a Japanese shell limestone doll from the Meiji period. The doll body as well as the head, forearms, hands, legs and feet are made...
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1890s Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Limestone
$1,081 Sale Price
25% Off
Carved Boxwood and Lacquer Netsuke of a Noh Dancer, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan.
The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other.
The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons.
The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood.
The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...
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1890s Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
Japanese Embroidered Landscape Embroidery, early 20th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
A finely done embroidered landscape hanging from Japan.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silk
Late Meiji Period Folk Wood Carving Japanese God of War, Arts, Shrines Protector
Located in Miami, FL
Probably more than likely from a Japanese home altar, this is a folk art rendition of Hachiman Yahata no Kani, Japanese God of War, Archery, Culture and Pro...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Wood
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Meiji Period Japanese Silver Censer
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning Meiji period silver censer is a work of exquisite detail. Crafted by renowned silversmith Masatoshi of Tokyo, the censer, or incense burner...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver
Japanese Asian Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Flower Cart Screen, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen. Listing as Meiji period but could very possibly Edo period. Decorated with peonies, irises and...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Tobacco Pouch With Mixed Metal Bronze Clasp
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji Period tobacco pouch, featuring a leather interior and covered in French-knotted silk with floral patterns. The pouch is adorned with relief fish images on ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
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Leather
$600 Sale Price
60% Off
Bronze Champlevé Buddhist Temple Altar Candle Holder Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A bronze Champlevé Buddhist temple Altar candleholder, Meiji period, with stylized elephant head handles and Ram's heads decoration. The enamel work has ...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Japanese 19th Century Tabako Ire Leather Pouch with Pipe, Silver Menuki, Ojime
Located in Point Richmond, CA
These pieces are a part of smoking set tabako-ire. It consists of a kiseruzutsu (pipe case), a kiseru (pipe), and a tonkotsu (tobacco pouch). The pouch is made of lacquered crocodile...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver, Brass
Petite Japanese Flower Diamond Pillow
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-crafted pillow was designed by a local Chicago artist and textile historian who lovingly repurposes the vintage fabrics, garments and embroidery fragments she collects duri...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Flower Diamond Throw Pillow
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-crafted pillow was designed by a local Chicago artist and textile historian who lovingly repurposes the vintage fabrics, garments and embroidery fragments she collects duri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Linen, Silk
Japanese Chrysanthemum Silk Throw Pillow
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-crafted pillow was designed by a local Chicago artist and textile historian who lovingly repurposes vintage fabrics, garments and embroidery fragments collected during her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Linen, Silk
19th Century Pair of Japanese Bronze Lions Bookends, Meiji Period
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This superb and rare pair of Japanese Meiji period bronze bookends are cast in solid bronze and depict a pair of Lions, with their heads raised. These finely sculpted pieces are beau...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
A Very Fine Takamaki-e Lacquer Cheroot Case in the Manner of Shibata Zeshin
By Shibata Zeshin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The 'ishime' lacquered case consisting of two conforming molded sections with one sliding overtop the other, both sides decorated with hand painted gilt, silver & burnt dark russet (kasshoku) lacquers, depicting motifs in low relief of a rat with an acorn on one side and two acorns on the opposing.
In Japanese culture rats are considered auspicious symbols of fertility & wealth, acorns symbolize prosperity & growth. Signed with characters and a mon on one edge.
Takamaki-e is a lacquer technique in which metallic powders such as silver, gold, copper, pewter etc., are used in combination with lacquer & clay-dust to build up motifs in low relief.
Please note that the color tones & hues of the lacquered motifs appear somewhat more vibrant in the images due to ambient lighting conditions.
Regarding the opinion stating the superior quality of this fine example being likened to works associated with those by Shibata...
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1870s Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Lacquer
Cushion from Antique Japanese Hand-Spun Cotton Fabric
Located in Houston, TX
Cushion from antique Japanese hand-spun cotton fabric (Length of Tsutsugaki-dyed cotton with repeated motifs from early 20th century). Two cushions availab...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Cotton
Late 19th Century Japanese Zitan Wood Carved Stand in the Form of a Table
Located in Stamford, CT
An Zitan wood low table / stand. Late 19th century Japanese Meiji Period. Zitan is an extremely dense wood which sinks in water. It is a member of the rosewood family. The wood is bl...
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1890s Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Zitan
Large Pair of Mixed Metal Meiji Period Vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large pair of mixed metal Meiji Period vases,
Each of baluster form, with ring and mask handles, decorated throughout with silver gold and shak...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Meiji More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
$11,977 / set
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Find a broad range of unique Meiji more furniture and collectibles for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage more furniture and collectibles created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, asian art and furniture, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Meiji more furniture and collectibles made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original more furniture and collectibles, popular names associated with this style include and Imao Keinen. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for more furniture and collectibles differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $350 and tops out at $35,505 while the average work can sell for $2,730.
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