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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years. We still have over 900 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, from now on ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE.(This discount does NOT apply to items purchased at auction.) At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased.

A Rare Hirado Netsuke – Boy with Lotus Leaf Hat – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 1112185 (stock# ICHI 2495)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $1,200.00  This rare Hirado netsuke is one of the very few pieces of Hirado with multiple colors - grey, Hirado blue and light brown. The boys’ face is unglazed and has the very carefully detailed eyes typical of the finest Hirado human figures. The netsuke portrays a charming young boy holding a large lotus leaf over his head as an umbrella. The netsuke measures 2” high by 1 1/8” wide by 1 5/8” deep. It is in excellent condition – we date it to the early to middle Meiji period, circa 1870s-1890. This nets ...click for details

A Wooden Netsuke of a Shishi and Mokugyo - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 1111754 (stock# COLL 1194)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $595.00  This is an Edo period wooden netsuke of a Shishi that was once totally covered with red lacquer or paint. The shishi has its paws on a mokugyo - See Footnote. The face of the netsuke is angry as if it is protecting the mokugyo. The netsuke has superb patina where the old lacquer and red paint has worn through. It measures 1 3/8” high by 1 5/8” long by 7/8” wide. ...click for details

A Wooden Netsuke- Two Shi Shi w/Pup – Edo/Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1910   item# 1110880 (stock# ICHI 1712)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $495.00  This is a fine old wooden netsuke with a shi shi family. The two parents sit on a pedestal – and, at their feet- is a small pup lying down with the two parents each having a foot on the pup. The netsuke is very well carved with excellent detail. We believe the wood to be boxwood. It has excellent patina from years of use. The netsuke meas ...click for details

An Important Inro Suite – Inro, Netsuke & Ojime – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1910   item# 1088810 (stock# ICHI 3432)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD - $2,250.00  This superb inro suite has a six case inro decorated with two makie Shishis gamboling through the arch of a garden gate. The garden is filled with plum blossom trees. The entire design is done on a sold black – roiro – lacquer with a sprinkling of nashiji on all sides and on the top and bottom. The inner sections of the six cases where they join one another are also executed in the nashiji (pear skin) gold lacquer. ...click for details

A Five Case Inro Suite– Edo – Flowers and Hills – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 1088059 (stock# ICHI 3365)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $595.00  This is a five case inro en suite complete with netsuke and Ojime. The main body of the inro has scenes of hills and streams done in gold makie and nashiji. There are clumps of red lacquer maple leaves. Several patches are made of inlaid pewter. The piece measures 2 ¼” long by 2” wide by 5/8” thick. It is in generally good condition with some frits on the edges of the five sections and slight rubbing to the gold on the top of the first section. ...click for details

Wooden Mask of Hannya – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1920   item# 1081867 (stock# ICHI 374-A8)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $325.00  This is a fairly large wooden carving of the character known as Hannya. We are not sure if was meant to be a netsuke or just a wall decoration. The piece measures 3 ½” high x 2” wide x 1 1/8” deep – rather big for a netsuke. However, we have seen netsuke worn by Sumo wrestlers in the past that are this big – that could be the case here. The carving in deliberately rough in order to emphasize the fierce nature of Hannya. It has brass eyes to heighten the effect. It is in excellent condition with ...click for details

A Japanese Wooden Ittobori Netsuke - Shojo Dancer –Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 985960 (stock# ICHI 3196)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 325.00  This is an early wooden netsuke made in the ittobori technique name which literally means "one chisel cut". You can see the angles made by the chisel, as they are not smoothed out. This netsuke depicts a famous character in a Noh drama called Shojo – or a shojo dancer. The netsuke measures 1 7/8” high by 1” wide by 5/8” thick. Most of the original paint has been rubbed off over the years from usage but enough remains to see the colors as they were originally. The himotoshi are very wor ...click for details

A Rare Hirado Shi Shi Netsuke – Edo Period Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 983055 (stock# ICHI 1994)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 995.00  This is a wonderful Hirado porcelain netsuke in the form of a shi shi laying down with his mouth open. Every detail from the eyes and teeth to the curly hair on his back is beautifully executed as only the Hirado pottery artists could achieve. The piece is mold formed and the details were hand engraved. The bottom is unglazed and has the two holes that form the himotoshi for the connecting cord. The netsuke measures 1 ¾” long by 1 ¼” wide by 1 1/8” tall and is in excellent condition – no chips, ...click for details

A Five Case Inro Suite – Inro, Ojime and Netsuke – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1837 VR   item# 977048 (stock# ICHI 2571)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 1395.00  This is an Edo period five case inro with a design often seen in ceramics and lacquer – that of a flower garden surrounded by a picket fence. The design is done in gold makie lacquer and the interior joints where the cases join one another are done in nashiji(pear skin). Both the top and the bottom of the inro are done in nashiji as well.The inro has excellent patina and is in fine condition – there is one tiny 1/16” nick on the rim of the bottom case - visible in photo # 3. ...click for details

A Japanese Three Case Inro – Red Lacquer – Carp Design Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 937587 (stock# ICHI 2603)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 250.00  This is a fine little three piece Japanese inro with a base lacquer color of orange/red. Over that red base, there is a relief design of a sliver and black carp leaping out of the water – it has two tiny pieces of gold makie on its right fin. The other sides has a design that appears to be the tail of a carp diving into the waves – notice the silver scales on the lower section where the fish enters the waves. The inro measures 2 ¼” long by 2 3/8’ wide by 5/8” thick at its thickest. It is in reas ...click for details

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