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Japanese furniture has as its core design element simplicity of form and structure. The craftsmanship, which has been learned and mastered over hundreds of years, gives the pieces a unique and rich character.
The philosophical pillar of mingei is “hand-crafted art of ordinary people”. Yanagi Soetsu discovered beauty in everyday ordinary and utilitarian objects created by nameless and unknown craftsmen. According to Yanagi, utilitarian objects made by the common people are “beyond beauty and ugliness”.
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japanese taisho tsuidate screen
with two sliding screen panels. circa: 1920 wood: hinoki (cypress) / sugi (cedar) width: 23-1/4″ height: 31-1/2″ depth: 9-1/2″ price: sold #b686
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japanese antique edo period ohitsu
this is a rare makie urushi edo period ohitsu (rice serving bowl) with tokugawa family’s mon, maruni- mitsuba-aoi (葵). circa: 1850 wood: hinoki region: tokyo dia: 9″ height: 4-1/2″ price: sold #d160
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japanese edo era triptych ukiyo-e
artist: utagawa toyoshige (toyokuni ll) (1777-1835) signature: ichiryusai toyoshige dated: 1820 technique: woodblock print format: 3 oban tate-e width: 30″ height: 14″ price: sold #d15
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japanese old seto pottery
circa: 1880 material: glazed stoneware width: 5″ height: 1-1/2″ depth: 4″ price: sold #a055