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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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Powerful Japanese Bronze Hawk Okimono by Sano Takachika
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Life Size Japanese Bronze Runner Duck Okimono- Artist Signed
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Huge Japanese Bronze Wild Boar Okimono – Maruki Company
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GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE SHAKUDO & INLAID MIXED METAL KORO BY NOGAWA
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SUPERB COLLECTION OF 5 JAPANESE MIXED METAL TSUBA – ONE BY UNNO SHOMIN
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Japanese Mixed Metal Kodansu – Nogawa Company of Kyoto
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Large Japanese Silvered Bronze Hawk On Wood Stand – “Hidenao”
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HUGE JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE HAWK BY AKASOFU GYOKO
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HUGE JAPANESE BRONZE BEAR OKIMONO BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA
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Japanese Silvered Bronze Snowy Owl On Wood Stand By Yasumasa
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LARGE PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE AND MIXED METAL VASES
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A SUPERB JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE SEA EAGLE BY AKASOFU GYOKO
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HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE SUZUKI CHOKICHI – KAKO
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JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE GOSS HAWK ON ROOTWOOD STAND BY KUNICHIKA
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Large Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Vase – Suzuki Chokichi
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Majestic Japanese Mixed Metal Monkey Okimono by Masaaki
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