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Yohji Yamamoto Femme Autumn Winter 1995
By Yohji Yamamoto
Located in Shibuya-Ku, 13
Shoulder Width : 41cm
Bust : 69cm
Sleeve Length : 55cm
Length : 50cm
Side Length : 70cm
Black
WJA00001792
Category
1990s Japanese Tokyo
Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Stool Side Table 8
By Hiroyuki Nishimura
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Aquatic Plants
Sculptural stool or side table by Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei carved furniture
Material: Cherry
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Maison Martin Margiela Autumn Winter 1997
By Maison Martin Margiela, Martin Margiella
Located in Shibuya-Ku, 13
Shoulder : Raglan Sleeve
Front Chest : 58cm
Sleeve : 82cm(from neckline to wrist)
Left Length : 110cm
Back Length : 42cm
Purple
WJA00002133
Category
1990s Italian Tokyo
Comme des Garçons Autumn Winter 1985 "Dots, Polyester Pleats" Collection
By Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo
Located in Shibuya-Ku, 13
Shoulder Width : Raglan Sleeve
Chest : 67cm
Sleeve Length : 81cm(from neckline to wrist)
Length : 116cm
WJA00004646
Category
1980s Japanese Tokyo
Gucci by Tom Ford Autumn Winter 2000
By Tom Ford, Gucci
Located in Shibuya-Ku, 13
Shoulder Width : 35.5cm
Bust : 86cm
Waist : 73cm
Hip : 92cm
Sleeve Length : 62cm
Length : 99.5cm
Black
WJA00014855
Category
Early 2000s Italian Tokyo
Blitz table lamp green Stilnovo Italian modern
By Stilnovo, Trabucco, Vecchi, Volpi
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Steel table or desk lamp designed by Trabucco, Vecchi & Volpi for Stilnovo. It was designed in the 70s. Color is green, cable is black.
Sculptural form made by bending one steel pla...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Dora Jung / Tapestry / Gifted by Dora Jung to Simone Prouvé in 1954.
By Dora Jung
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Dora Jung is one of Finland's greatest textile artists.
Throughout her life, she worked tirelessly to master materials and techniques, never compromising on her artistic vision. She ...
Category
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Damask, Linen
Foscarini Coco red Aldo Cibic Y2K style design
By Aldo Cibic, Foscarini
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Table lamp in red. It was designed in 2000 by Aldo Cibic. Shade is made of glass. Les is made of steel painted.
It's the style in Y2K interior and design. Also really great example ...
Category
1990s Italian Space Age Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Artemide Nessino Giancarlo Mattioli transparent model Y2K design
By Artemide, Giancarlo Mattioli
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Masterpiece table lamp of Space Age design.Original was released from the 60s by Artemide. It is transparent model released only from the late 90s u...
Category
1990s Italian Space Age Tokyo
Materials
Plastic
$630 Sale Price
30% Off
Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculptural low tray Table Amanokaguyama
By Hiroyuki Nishimura
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Amanogakuyama
Sculptural low tray table by Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei carved furniture
Material: Zelkova
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of w...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Wood
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Spiral Clock B #3 Silver Body Shiro Kuramata Japanese Zen
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Spiral clock B #3 silver body designed by Shiro Kuramata. Dial is inside acrylic edge rounded shade.
Black body model is also available.
Category
1980s Japanese Minimalist Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Zefiro3 Arteluce Frosted Glass Pendant 80s 90s Style
By Pier Giuseppe Ramella, Arteluce
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Frosted glass pendant lamp designed by Pier Giuseppe Ramella for Arteluce. It was designed in the late early 90s. Made of blue and white frosted glasses. Gentle light is shining thro...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Steel
$1,137 Sale Price
35% Off
Legless Floor Chair Japanese Modern Style Bentwood Chair
By Studio Jig
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Legless floor chair in the Japanese modern style. In tradition Japanese style, floor chair is set on traditional Tatami Igusa floor along with tabl...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Japanese Chochin Floor Lamp Limited Edition #1 Zen Washi
By Ryosuke Harashima
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: OBAKE A
Contemporary style Japanese Washi Japanese traditional paper shade floor lamp. Washi shade is famous as Isamu Noguchi Akari lightings.
Base is made of brass. Limited pattern painted model. Edition of 3+1AP
E26,27 light bulb.
Available to work with 100-250V.
Artist statement
In Japan, there is an animist belief that the soul dwells in old tools that have passed a long time and turns into spirits such as "Youkai" or "OBAKE." Its existence lurks in the darkness of everyday life, sometimes causing fear and sometimes entertaining.
This lantern is not an old tool, but it is made by the historic "Kojima Shoten", where the 10th generation are craftsmen in Kyoto. It's rare nowadays, and it's a style in which lanterns are made from bamboo bones to assembling papers and painting in one workshop and go. So, I decided to transform the polite crafted Japanese lanterns, which have been run through a traditional history, into a modern and pop style. It's not just OBAKE lurking in the darkness, but an existence who snuggles up to us as a more sophisticated being.
These one-eyed OBAKE have a meaningful look that originated in ancient Sanskrit culture. The red-eye "A [a]" is the facial expression that is the first pronunciation to make a sound in Sanskrit, which means "truth" and "spirit of inquiry" at the same time. The blue-eyed "UN [hu?]" expresses the pronunciation to close the sound, and at the same time means "wisdom" and "nirvana." There is also the idea that describing the beginning and end of the universe is represented by considering the "A" and "UN" as a pair. In Asia, it is a common sight to see a pair of guardian statues...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Tokyo
Materials
Brass
Kaj Franck / KF2 HORS D
OEUVRE DISH(BROWN) / Arabia Finland
By Arabia of Finland, Kaj Franck
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
KF2 was designed in 1957 and manufactured from 1958 to 1962.
A geometric-shaped appetiser dish. One of Kai Franck's masterpieces, combining structural beauty with functional elegance...
Category
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Ceramic
Kitchen chair Tom Dixon 80s early work creative salvage
By Tom Dixon
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Kitchen chair designed by Tom Dixon. This chair was made of flying pan and Chinese ladle. So named Kitchen chair. One of representing chair of designers early works. Also one of hist...
Category
1980s British Post-Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 26 Tribal Glamping
By Zougei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Pancake
Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture
Material: Zelkova
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of wood...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Muji 2.5 Seater Chair Japanese Contemporary Style Bentwood Chair
By Studio Jig
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Muji 2.5 seater chair.
Kenta Hirai created it with the technique "Free form lamination." It has characteristic streamlined combined back and seat. Made of Yoshino cedar which is a f...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Rolf Sinnemark / "CUBE" TEA POT 401 / Rorstrand / 1985
By Rörstrand, Rolf Sinnemark
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
ROLF SINNEMARK is a Swedish designer and glass artist.
He studied industrial design at KONSTFACK in Stockholm. After working in the USA, he was with BODA (merged with KOSTA BODA) fro...
Category
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Ceramic
Spiral Clock B Shiro Kuramata Japanese Zen Minimal Postmodern
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Spiral clock B designed by Shiro Kuramata. Dial is inside acrylic edge rounded shade.
Category
1980s Japanese Minimalist Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Spiral Clock B #2 black Shiro Kuramata Japanese Zen Minimal Postmodern
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Spiral clock B #2 black body designed by Shiro Kuramata.
Black steel frame and white plate in minimalist style.
Category
1980s Japanese Minimalist Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Ross Lovegrove Bluebelle chair Y2K style design space age
By Ross Lovegrove, Driade
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
White and transparent combination chair. Ross Lovegrove designed it in 1996 for Driade.
This chair is a chair that Ross Lovegrove redesigned from George Nelson's DAF chair. Highly ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Shiro Kuramata Pink Vase
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shiro Kuramata's acrylic flower vase. Small model. Acrylic block which pink is inside and glass tube.
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Glass, Acrylic
$2,500 / item
Gaetano Pesce Chair for Cassina 1980 80s
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Gaetano Pesce chair for Cassina.
Model: Dalila Due
Plastic painted in dark red. Rare chair in the style of Gaetano Pesce 's Radicale era. It's dark and decadent.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Plastic
Undercover Spring Summer 2003 "Scab" Collection
By Jun Takahashi, Undercover
Located in Shibuya-Ku, 13
Waist : 75cm
Hip : 92cm
Length : 54cm
WSK00011176
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Tokyo
Courrèges 1970s
By André Courrèges
Located in Shibuya-Ku, 13
Jacket
Shoulder : Raglan sleeve
Bust : 91cm
Sleeve Length : 32cm (from neckline to wrist)
Length : 57cm
Pants
Waist : 71cm
Hip : 101cm
Rise : 34cm
Inseam : 84cm
Total Length : 113....
Category
1970s French Tokyo
$1,506
Timo Sarpaneva / VASE FINLANDIA(Grey) 3356 / Iittala
By Timo Sarpaneva, Iittala
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
The FINLANDIA series, introduced in 1964, was Timo Sarpaneva's masterpiece of the 1960s.
While repeatedly exploring and experimenting with glass expression in pursuit of new techniq...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Lanceolata neon yellow Platt and Young Y2K style design space age
By Marc Newson, Driade, Karim Rashid
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Eye catching neon yellow chair. Platt and Young designed it in the early 2000s for Driade.
Neon Yellow is so outstanding and pop for the space.
It's the style in Y2K interior and ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculptural bench 1 Tribal Style
By Hiroyuki Nishimura
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Weighing Worlds
Sculptural bench
Material: Zelkova
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of wood used for his works are unable to use anything, these woods...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Wood
$16,000 / item
Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 31 Tribal Glamping
By Zougei
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Hula
Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture
Material: White oak
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of wood ...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Masanori Umeda Table Lamp Yamagiwa Postmodern
By Yamagiwa, Masanori Umeda
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Umeda Stand
Designed by Umeda Masanori in the 80s. Manufacture is Yamagiwa, JAPAN.
The protrusions act as stoppers. This lamp can stay in several positions.
There is no chips or cr...
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Glass, Rubber
Van Cleef&Arpels Vintage Alhambra Necklace 10 Motifs Blue Agate 18K Yellow Gold
By Van Cleef
Arpels
Located in Tokyo, JP
■Item Number: TMR2412130005
■Brand: Van Cleef & Arpels
■Reference Retail Price: JPY 1,650,000 (Tax Included)
■Product Name: Vintage Alhambra Necklace, 10 Motifs
■Model/Reference No.:...
Category
2010s French Tokyo
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Van Cleef&Arpels Vintage Alhambra Necklace 10 motifs 18K Yellow Gold Tiger Eye
By Van Cleef
Arpels
Located in Tokyo, JP
■Item Number: TMR2412130007
■Brand: Van Cleef & Arpels
■Reference Retail Price: JPY 1,650,000 (Tax Included)
■Product Name: Vintage Alhambra Necklace, 10 Motifs
■Model/Reference No.:...
Category
2010s French Tokyo
Materials
Tiger s Eye, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Low rocking Chair Japanese Modern Style Bentwood Chair
By Studio Jig
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Bentwood rocking chair in the Japanese modern style. Made of Yoshino cedar which is a famous wood grown in the Yoshino district in Japan. It has characte...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Martinelli Luce Vera sculptural lighting Postmodern Style
By Ingo Maurer, Paolo Orlandini, Martinelli Luce
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Sculptural hanging light designed by Paolo Orlandini in 1980. Produced by Martinelli Luce.
As changing position of the supporting ring and main rod, Position of the shade is change...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Steel
Timo Sarpaneva / "AMBIENTE" TEXTILE / Tampella / 1966
By Tampella Design, Timo Sarpaneva
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Ambiente textiles were introduced in 1966 and produced until the 1970s.
Ambiente was a revolutionary printing technique that developed from an accident, when a printing press broke d...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Textile, Cotton
Shiro Kuramata Hammer House
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hammer house object by Shiro Kuramata.
Never used condition in box.
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Zinc
Bertil Vallien / Door Knocker SBW113 / Boda Smide / 1965
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Bertil Vallien is a Swedish artist and designer.
He studied ceramic design at Konstfack (the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden) and studied under Stig Lindberg, who was...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Wrought Iron
Stig Lindberg / CHESS PIECE "QUEEN" / Gustavsberg
By Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Queen chess piece designed by Stig Lindberg.
Since his assistant, Dan Grip, was a chess player, he began developing chess pieces in the early 1960s, and in 1973, they were produced ...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Porcelain
Cartier Love Charm Pendant in 18K White Gold
By Cartier
Located in Tokyo, JP
■Item Number: TMR2510010001
■Brand: Cartier
■Product Name: Love Charm
■Model/Reference No.: -
■Material: 18K White Gold
■Weight: Approx. 3.1g
■Size: Approx. W3.53mm × H26mm / W0.13in...
Category
Early 2000s French Tokyo
Materials
18k Gold, White Gold
Wilhelm Kåge / ARGENTA VASE / Gustavsberg / 1941
By Gustavsberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Wilhelm Kage studied painting at art school and worked as a poster artist after graduation.
As art director of Gustavsberg from 1917, he laid the foundations for modern design in Swe...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Stoneware
Glass Pendulum Clock Takashi Kato Postmodern, 1980s Japanese Design
By Memphis Milano, Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Glass pendulum clock by Sessa. It can be used as both standing on the table and hanging on the wall. Takashi Kato designed a lot of clocks in the 1980s-19...
Category
1990s Japanese Post-Modern Tokyo
Materials
Glass, Plastic
$250 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Hiroyuki Nishimura Abstract Sculpture Cardinal9 Tribal Style
By Hiroyuki Nishimura
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Cardinal #9
Sculpture by Hiroyuki Nishimura.
Material Zelkova
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of wood used for his works are unable to use anythin...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Recinto tray Alessi Alessandro Mendini Postmodern
By Alessandro Mendini, Alessi
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
"Recinto" table tray designed by Alessandro Mendini for Alessi.
Designed in around 2000. Vintage blue color.
There are a little trace of use. Over all good condition.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Tokyo
Materials
Stainless Steel
HARRY WINSTON 0.59ct / 0.50ct Pt950 Solitaire Round Cut Ear Studs
By Harry Winston
Located in Tokyo, JP
■Item Number: TMR2509020009
■Brand: Harry Winston
■Product Name: Solitaire Round Cut Ear Studs
■Model/Reference No.: -
■Material: 2 Diamonds (0.59ct D-VVS1-Ex/0.50ct D-VS2-Ex), Plati...
Category
2010s American Tokyo
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Oblio stool side table shelf Von Robinson Y2K style design space age
By Moroso, Marc Newson, Eero Aarnio
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Oblio is a stool, also side table or shelf. Von Robinson designed it in the early 2000s for Moroso.
Set of two. One has a blue cushion top. Others has a reversible purple cushion ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
$1,520 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Cartier Shopping Bag Motif Charm Pendant in 18K Pink Gold
By Cartier
Located in Tokyo, JP
■Item Number: 25190801
■Brand: Cartier
■Item Name: Shopping Bag Motif Charm Pendant
■Model/Reference Number: B3013400
■Material: 750 K18 Pink Gold
■Weight: Approx. 4.7g
■Size: Approx...
Category
Early 2000s French Tokyo
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Alexander McQueen Autumn Winter 1996 "Dante" Collection
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Shibuya-Ku, 13
Bust : 73cm
Waist : 62cm
Hip : 88cm
Rise : 20cm
Inseam : 81.5cm
Hem-Width : 22.5cm
Thickness of Thigh : 28cm
Total Length : 131.5cm
Indigo Blue
WSE00014745
Category
1990s Tokyo
Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculptural Side Table Stool Cubo M1
By Hiroyuki Nishimura
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Cubo M1
Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei carved furniture
Material: Zelkova
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of wood used for Ni...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Wood
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Spiral6 Kenta Hirai Japanese Contemporary Bentwood Sculpture
By Studio Jig
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Kenta Hirai created it with the technique "Free form lamination." This sculpture mixes free formed wood sculpture and branch. Wood materials are Yoshino Cedar...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Neos Wall Clock 2 George Sowden Nathalie du Pasquier Postmodern
By Memphis Milano, Lorenz, George Sowden, Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Neos clock designed by George Sowden and Nathalie du Pasquier in the 80s. Neos is the brand run by Lorenz clock company in Italy. They were designed a lot o...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Plastic
Tapio Wirkkala / ASHTRAY L TW488 / Kultakeskus
By Kultakeskus Oy, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Tapio Wirkkala is one of the pioneers of modern design in Finnish metals as well as glass design.
Together with Bertel gardberg, he laid the foundations of modern design in an indus...
Category
1970s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Kyllikki Salmenhaara / Mug / Arabia Art Department 1950s
By Kyllikki Salmenhaara, Arabia of Finland
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Kyllikki Salmenhaara was Finland's most accomplished ceramic artist, who refined her exceptional pottery skills into an art form, as well as a researcher and educator who devoted her...
Category
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Ceramic
Kaj Franck / "KREMLIN BELL" KF500/1500 / Nuutajarvi
By Kaj Franck, Nuutajärvi Notsjõ
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Designed in 1957.
Manufactured from 1957 to 1968.
One of Kai Franck's representative works, it was exhibited at the 1957 Milan Triennale, where it won the Grand Prix.
Designed as a ...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tokyo
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Zougei Sculptural Stool Side Table sculpture 9
By Hiroyuki Nishimura
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Pinkoro
Sculptural stool or side table by Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei carved furniture
Material: Cherry
This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws.
Most of woo...
Category
2010s Japanese Tribal Tokyo
Materials
Wood
Arko Wall Art 4, Contemporary Art Craft Rice Straw
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by Arko.
Title: A head-sea over the night sky (Small model)
This work has the feelings of contemporary, tribal art, contempora...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Tokyo
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Contemporary Japanese Chochin Floor Lamp Zen Washi Japanese Paper Shade
By Ryosuke Harashima
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Under the Hazy Moon
Contemporary style Japanese Washi Japanese traditional paper shade floor lamp. Washi shade is famous as Isamu Noguchi Akari lightings.
Base is made of brass...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Tokyo
Materials
Brass
$2,600 Sale Price / item
31% Off
Cartier Panthère Ring in Platinum with Diamond, Emerald
Onyx – US 6 1/4
By Cartier
Located in Tokyo, JP
■Item No.: 24290719
■Brand: Cartier
■Product Name: Panthère de Cartier Ring
■Material: Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, PT950 Platinum
■Weight: Approx. 26.9g
■Ring Size: Approx. EU：53/USA：6.2...
Category
1990s French Tokyo
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, Platinum
Van Cleef
Arpels Zodiac Medal Cancer Mini Charm in 18K Yellow Gold
By Van Cleef
Arpels
Located in Tokyo, JP
■Item No.: 23190401
■Brand: Van Cleef & Arpels
■Item Name: Zodiac Medal Cancer Mini Charm
■Ref./Model No.: –
■Material: 750 K18 Yellow Gold
■Weight: Approx. 7.0g
■Size: Approx. W0.74...
Category
1970s French Vintage Tokyo
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Contemporary Japanese Chochin Floor Lamp Limited Edition #2 Zen Washi
By Ryosuke Harashima
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: OBAKE UN
Contemporary style Japanese Washi Japanese traditional paper shade floor lamp. Washi shade is famous as Isamu Noguchi Akari lightings.
Base is made of brass. Limited pattern painted model. Edition of 3+1AP
E26,27 light bulb.
Available to work with 100-250V.
Artist statement
In Japan, there is an animist belief that the soul dwells in old tools that have passed a long time and turns into spirits such as "Youkai" or "OBAKE." Its existence lurks in the darkness of everyday life, sometimes causing fear and sometimes entertaining.
This lantern is not an old tool, but it is made by the historic "Kojima Shoten", where the 10th generation are craftsmen in Kyoto. It's rare nowadays, and it's a style in which lanterns are made from bamboo bones to assembling papers and painting in one workshop and go. So, I decided to transform the polite crafted Japanese lanterns, which have been run through a traditional history, into a modern and pop style. It's not just OBAKE lurking in the darkness, but an existence who snuggles up to us as a more sophisticated being.
These one-eyed OBAKE have a meaningful look that originated in ancient Sanskrit culture. The red-eye "A [a]" is the facial expression that is the first pronunciation to make a sound in Sanskrit, which means "truth" and "spirit of inquiry" at the same time. The blue-eyed "UN [hu?]" expresses the pronunciation to close the sound, and at the same time means "wisdom" and "nirvana." There is also the idea that describing the beginning and end of the universe is represented by considering the "A" and "UN" as a pair. In Asia, it is a common sight to see a pair of guardian statues...
Category
2010s Japanese Edo Tokyo
Materials
Brass
