Large Red Lacquered Nio Mask with fierce expression, bulging eyes, furrowed brow, open mouth and topknot; handmade; dry lacquer. Old label to interior. Approximately 50 years old. Condition: Excellent with tiny lacquer loss at back of topknot.
Ht.: 14 1/2 in.
Width: 9 in.
Item #: MT-J0186
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JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Japanese Woodblock Print - Yakusha-e (Actor Print)- Oban - Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - signed Kochoro Toyokuni ga in a red toshidama cartouche. Date seal: 1858: Publisher: Minatoya Kohei - Unknown Series, with the text in a double cartouche. Three figures, one on horseback. Condition: Light soil, small old repair in left margin, good impression and excellent color; nice bleedthrough.
Height: 14 in. Width: 9 3/4 in.
Item #: MT-J0794
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SHISHIMAI (LION DANCER) CUSTOM NEEDLEPOINT
Vintage Custom Designed and Worked Needlepoint - 1972 - SHISHIMAI (Lion Dancer) - A Festival dance performed while wearing the 'headress' to ward off evil spirits and to pray for peace, bountilfull harvests and good health. An 'Intense' subject worked on 18 pt. canvas in wonderful colors to project this powerful image; mounted on a board and ready to frame. Condition: Excellent.
16 3/4 in. x 17 3/4 in.
Item #: MT-J0735
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JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT ANDO HIROSHIGE
Japanese Woodblock Print - HIROSHIGE - Ando Hiroshite -Nishiki-e: Horizontal Oban - Tadasugawara no Yudachi ( TWILIGHT SHOWER ON THE BANK OF THE TADASU RIVER ) - Signed: Hiroshige ga; Seal: Eisendo. Originally done in 1834, slashing black lines on an angle created an effective illustion of the rain storm as the citizens of Kyoto dash for shelter. Taisho Era reprint. Condition: Excellent.
Height: 10 1/2 in. Width: 15 1/4 in.
Item #: MT-J0797
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JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT-1864 KUNISADA ll
Japanese Woodblock Print- Yakusha-e ( Actor Print) - Oban - Kunisada II - The actor Sawamura Tannosuke III standing in a courtyard, his sword drawn, and holding a treasure ball. Date: 1864 Rat 11 Aratame; Publisher: Uoya Eikichi. Condition: Slightly faded and one small tear top right; Bleedthrough: Very Good.