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Japanese Bronze, the highly collected miniature carvings from 17th, 18th and 19th Century Japan were originally and primarily very simple functional objects that evolved over time to the level of truly superb works of art produced by master carvers. This evolution began towards the end of the 16th Century, reaching (in the minds of many) its artistic zenith in the second half of the 18th Century and continuing throughout the 19th C until its decline in the early Meiji period. Throughout this time, many individual “schools” developed across Japan often with unique and instantly recognisable styles and subject matter. Naturally there was a greater concentration of schools and master carvers in and around the major cities especially Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. Early Japanese bronze are thought to have mostly been the work of carvers serving primarily the numerous shrines and temples across Japan. A clue to the function of a Japanese Bronze can be gleaned from the two Japanese characters used to form the word – namely “root” and “fasten” or “fix”. From this we can infer that early Japanese bronze could have been fashioned simply from small pieces of rootwood and used to anchor something in place. The need…
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Japanese Shibayama Silver Mounted Kodansu
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LARGE FINE QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY BIJIN OKIMONO BY DOHAKU
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Sensational Japanese Mixed Metal Tsuba by Yoshihisa
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Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Tsuba – Somin School
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Japanese Shibuichi & Silver Hanging Boat Koro – Incense Burner
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Large Japanese Silk Textile Landscape
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Sensational Japanese Shakudo and Mixed Metal Tsuba by Yoshihisa
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Large Fully Articulated Japanese Ivory Dragon ( Jizai ) Okimono
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Delightful Japanese Iron Panel of Puppies- Funakoshi Shunmin
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SUPERIOR QUALITY EDO PERIOD JAPANESE GOLD THREAD SILK FUKUSA – MINOGAME (TURTLE)
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Japanese Shakudo and Mixed Metal Tsuba – Iwamoto Konkan (1744-1801)
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Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase – Hayashi Kodenji
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Large Japanese Satsuma Plate by Seikozan
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17th Century Edo Period Japanese Tokuri – Sake Bottle
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Japanese Shibayama Table Screen – Tsuitate
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Large Japanese Wooden Okimono Priest Carrying Huge Conch Shell
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