Japanese Dragon-Carved Export Armchair in Sugi Wood Meiji Era, c.1900 18" Seat Games This type of indoor brazier

This type of indoor brazier was set with coals sitting on a thick bed of fire proof ash and used to heat a small area in a home

blue green and tan and features the Japanese ShiShi (Foo Dogs)

a detail of wry specificity characteristic of Wada's eye for the texture of ordinary Japanese life

This Taisho era three piece clothing chest or Ishodansu is unusual for the many and varied sizes of drawers

This is an Antique Meiji Era Japanese Ceramic Aki-Imari Plate featuring Blue red

Japanese Dragon-Carved Export Armchair in Sugi Wood Meiji Era, c.1900 18" Seat Games This type of indoor brazierAn extraordinary Japanese Meiji era export armchair (c. 1900), intricately carved from solid sugi (, Japanese cedar) in high relief with bold dragon (, ry) motifs. The crest rail features a dramatic openwork dragon entwined among stylized clouds, while the arms terminate in fierce dragon heads with deeply carved scales, curling whiskers, and open jaws grasping the edges of the seat. The front apron and cabriole legs are richly adorned with further