Japanese Paloma Wood Carving Okimono of Jurojin

Japanese Heisei period wood carved okimono of a shunga lady playing a Biwa. Made during the Heisei period in circa 1990, the piece remains in remarkable vintage condition with age-ap...

Japanese Edo period wooden temple carving with two doves in branches. The scene is set into a frame that suggests the piece having been initially part o...

Japanese Meiji period pair of wooden doors featuring carvings of an owl and a parrot on perch, with birds and flowers. The carvings are executed i...

Japanese early Meiji period Noh theater mask made of carved wood with gofun layers. The piece was made in Japan in circa 1880 and is signed on the back. In great antique condition wi...

Japanese hand carved and painted wood mask of Tengu, the legendary Japanese folk religion creature. Traditionally depicted as a human-bird of prey hy...

Japanese carved wood Noh mask depicting Okina. The piece was made during the late Edo - early Meiji period in the 19th century. The mask is of an older man wi...

The charming figure, carved from a single piece of wood is exceptionally carved showing the male figure with humorous expression holding two Rabbits one by the ears and the second under his arm. A third Rabbit stands at the feet of the male looking up, each rabbit with a different expression. The male figure is wearing traditional Japanese attire with his hair tied back stood upon a naturalistic base. The figure dates to the Meiji Period (1868-1912) circa 1900. Notes The Rabbit is one of the 12 animals to feature in the Japanese Zodiac signs which follows the Chinese astrological system along with the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. Such division is connected with the Jupiter cycle around the Sun, which lasts about 12 years. As 2023 is the year of the Rabbit...

Unusual Casting of a Pheasant in Flight From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese bronze okimono of a Pheasant upon a naturalistic root wood base. The Ph...

A very fine and detailed Tokyo School cast bronze okimono (decorative sculpture) of a smiling farmer, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan. The e...

Rare okimono carved in the thickness of an elephant tusk depicting a life-size pigeon. It stands on a hollow trunk, inside which hides an owl. A small 4mm...

As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this charming Meiji Period 1868-1912, bronze okimono group of a cluster of turtles, possibly Japanese pond t...

As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this large scale Meiji period (1868-1912) majestic bronze okimono group depicting an adult monkey at full st...