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    • Japanese BronzeJapanese 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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    WONDERFUL JAPANESE CARVED WOOD OKIMONO OF NITTA NO SHIRO

    WONDERFUL JAPANESE CARVED WOOD OKIMONO OF NITTA NO SHIRO

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    EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE WOODEN RAT OKIMONO BY KEIMIN

    EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE WOODEN RAT OKIMONO BY KEIMIN

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    FABULOUS SIGNED TOKYO ARTIST IVORY OKIMONO OF AN EGG TESTER

    FABULOUS SIGNED TOKYO ARTIST IVORY OKIMONO OF AN EGG TESTER

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    A HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE GILT BRONZE SAMURAI ARCHER SIGNED- MIYAO EISUKE

    A HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE GILT BRONZE SAMURAI ARCHER SIGNED- MIYAO EISUKE

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    Large Japanese Wooden  Okimono Priest Carrying Huge Conch Shell

    LARGE JAPANESE BOXWOOD OKIMONO -ONI CARRYING CONCH SHELL

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    Japanese Ceramic Pigeon Okimono - Makuzu Kozan II

    Japanese Ceramic Pigeon Okimono – Makuzu Kozan II

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    Japanese Mixed Metal Oni Group - Sano Takachika

    Japanese Mixed Metal Oni Group – Sano Takachika

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    CHARMING JAPANESE CARVED IVORY OKIMONO BIJIN - BY KIKUCHI GODO

    CHARMING JAPANESE CARVED IVORY OKIMONO BIJIN – KIKUCHI GODO

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    Large Fully Articulated Japanese Ivory Dragon ( Jizai ) Okimono

    Large Fully Articulated Japanese Ivory Dragon ( Jizai ) Okimono

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    EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE OKIMONO MONKEY GROUP SIGNED BY MASATAMI

    EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE OKIMONO MONKEY GROUP SIGNED BY MASATAMI

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    A FANTASTIC QUALITY JAPANESE CARVED BOXWOOD & SHIBAYAMA BRUSH POT

    A FANTASTIC QUALITY JAPANESE CARVED BOXWOOD & SHIBAYAMA BRUSH POT

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    A CHARMING JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE DUCK OKIMONO - MASATSUGU

    A CHARMING JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE DUCK OKIMONO – MASATSUGU

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    A CHARMING JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE QUAIL OKIMONO BY HIDENAO

    A CHARMING JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE QUAIL OKIMONO BY HIDENAO

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    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF KANNON BODHISATTVA-LISTED TOKYO ARTIST

    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF KANNON BODHISATTVA-LISTED TOKYO ARTIST

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    Japanese Bronze Okimono Hares - Imperial Provenance

    Japanese Bronze Okimono Hares – Imperial Provenance

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    SUPERIOR QUALITY EDO PERIOD JAPANESE GOLD THREAD SILK FUKUSA - MINOGAME (TURTLE)

    SUPERIOR QUALITY EDO PERIOD JAPANESE GOLD THREAD SILK FUKUSA – MINOGAME (TURTLE)

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