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Objects always tell the truth. All I can do is just to face with them sincerely and give them deep affection as much as I can. There is no boundary of nationalities and of eras in beauty. But I think now is the time we choose 'Japanese style' and it will be the best way to remind us of what we are losing today and to question us about an essence of beauty again. I hope that you can touch the memories which the objects here have, feel and think of something invisible but exists undoubtedly.
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Featured Pieces
Japanese Antique Trapezoid Wood Low Table or Bench 1860s-1900s / Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese wooden furniture piece distinguished by its unusual trapezoidal form. Its low, elongated proportions and gently flared silhouette create a striking presen...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Pedestals
Materials
Cedar
Massive Monumental Japanese Bamboo Folk Art Object, Early 20th Century Mingei
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an exceptionally large antique Japanese cylindrical object, meticulously constructed from woven bamboo. Its extraordinary elongated proportions—approximately 194 cm (76.4 in....
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Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Antique Large Tansu 1860s-1920s / Sideboard Cabinet Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a large antique Japanese Tansu distinguished by its broad, stable proportions and its remarkably quiet presence, achieved through an almost complete absence of ornamentation....
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Wood Pedestal 1900s-1940s / Display Stand Side Table Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese wooden pedestal distinguished by its low, stable box-like form and the rhythmically arranged vertical elements across the front. Its quiet architectural p...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Pedestals
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Large Drawer Chest Meiji Period / Tansu Sideboard Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a large antique Japanese chest of drawers distinguished by its commanding, almost square silhouette and the orderly composition of drawers in a variety of sizes. The balanced...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Large Tansu Meiji Period / Cabinet Sideboard Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a large antique Japanese Tansu distinguished by its broad, stable proportions and its quiet, unadorned presence. Rather than demanding attention, it brings a calm sense of ba...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sideboards
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Dry Lacquer Monkey Sculpture Mid-20th Century / Figurine Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a Japanese sculpture of a monkey created using the traditional Dakkatsu Kanshitsu (hollow dry lacquer) technique. Seated quietly with one leg extended forward and its body ge...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Antique Low Board 1860s-1920s / Drawer Chest Meiji Tansu Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese chest of drawers that also functions beautifully as a lowboard. Its broad, low silhouette conveys a sense of stability, while the carefully arranged assor...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Japanese Sculptural Wooden Display Pedestal, Early 20th Century Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese wooden display stand distinguished by its low, substantial form and the honest character of its hand-worked surface. Its quiet presence and understated be...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Cedar
Wabi-Sabi Japanese Zelkova Burl Sculpture 1950s-1970s / Wood Object
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese sculptural object created from a naturally formed burl of Japanese zelkova (Keyaki).
It is believed to have been crafted during the mid-Showa period (195...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Storage Chest 1900s-1940s / Side Table Low Board Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese storage chest with distinctive raised legs, believed to have been crafted during the early Showa period (1900s–1940s). It is made of Japanese cedar (sugi)...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Side Tables
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Iron Anvil Block Early 20th Century / Primitive Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese blacksmith's anvil.
It is believed to have been used in an active blacksmith's workshop from the Meiji period through the early Showa period (1900s–1930s...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Iron
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