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Seifu Enshu School of Ikebana (Kadou Enshu), 1834

By hotoke antiques on November 4, 2011 10:47 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Fine antique floral illustration (*woodblock print illustration on nearly every 40 pages) of Kadou Enshu school (Former; Seifu Enshu school), SOKA HAMANA NO UMI, edited by Kawamatsu Saiho Iccho, and drawn by ukiyo-e artist, Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). ~" <Description>

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WAKAN SHUGAEN - Classified Illustrated-Book of Nishimura Shigenaga, 1759

By hotoke antiques on November 4, 2011 10:38 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Fine antique illustrated book (*woodblock print illustration on nearly every 25 pages) of early Ukiyo-e painter, Nishimura Shigenaga (1697-1756), WAKAN SHUGAEN, engraved by Machida Heishichi. ~" <Description>

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Goryeo celadon tea bowl

By hotoke antiques on November 4, 2011 10:32 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"~ Tasteful, fine celadon texture with aesthetic modesty of skillful gold-restoration (kin-tsugi), and lovely, sensitive holdness in rich comfort. ~" <Description>

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Figure of Shinto god

By hotoke antiques on November 4, 2011 10:26 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Aged wooden seated (cross-legs?) figure of Shinto male god (Danshinzo) of the traditional joint-block structure (yosegi-zukuri), ~" <Description>

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Sakiori

By hotoke antiques on November 4, 2011 10:19 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Old traditional Sakiori rug, cut finely and woven into a tweed-like fabric from old cotton cloth for wefts, ~" <Description>

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Daruma pattern

By hotoke antiques on November 4, 2011 10:13 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Old wooden pattern for making paper-mache dolls of Daruma (Bodhidharma), - "Father of Zen Buddhism" ~" <Description>

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Old Karatsu dish / sake cup

By hotoke antiques on November 4, 2011 10:06 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Handed down, excavated "jewel" as Ko Karatsu ("Old Karatsu ware"), in fine "dry" antique condition with exquisite silver-restoration with nashiji sprinkled lacquer. ~" <Description>

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IGIBOSO - Robe of Buddhist monk

By hotoke antiques on October 11, 2011 11:59 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"A genuine, scarce fine apron-shaped kasaya (Kesa) used for Jodo-shu mainly, called Igiboso 威儀細, woven by gold brocade (kinran) with backed silk. ~" <Description>

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Manuscript for Senke school of Tea ceremony

By hotoke antiques on October 11, 2011 11:48 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Fine antique manuscript (41 pages) for the description of tea ceremony utensils and the related documents for Sen-no-Rikyu and Senke school, ~" <Description>

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Chosen karatsu vase

By hotoke antiques on October 11, 2011 11:35 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Heavy and Large, subtle and profound ("yugen" as Japanese aesthetics) handed-down chosen-karatsu (=Chosengaratsu) vase, ~" <Description>

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Black pottery caddy, Qing

By hotoke antiques on October 8, 2011 1:45 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Original-made or applicable aged pottery caddy for tea or herb, with bronze lid and ring, ~" <Description>

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Celadon tea bowl, Koryo

By hotoke antiques on October 8, 2011 1:28 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"~ Tasteful, fine celadon texture with aesthetic modesty of skillful gold-restoration (kin-tsugi), and lovely, sensitive holdness in rich comfort. ~" <Description>

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White porcelain bowl, Choson

By hotoke antiques on October 8, 2011 1:19 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Large-size Korean minimal folk bowl with comfortable distortion, glazed with very pale blue enamel thinly and roughly but exquisitely as selected, ~" <Description>

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Seto katatsuki tea caddy

By hotoke antiques on October 8, 2011 1:10 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

"Antique Seto pottery ware called Ko Seto, as an original Edo-made tea caddy (Chaire) for the ceremony in the shape of "Shouldered" type (Katatsuki) ~" <Description>

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