Japan

Traditional Japanese objects, including art, tools, and ceremonial items that embody the nation’s aesthetic and philosophical values. These artifacts span samurai-era relics to delicate works of craftsmanship.

Seated Koki (1400s CE)

Antiquities Asia Ceremonial & Religious Japan

A wooden figure from the 1400s, depicting a vase-bearing Koki in bamboo attire, painted green with gesso and gilded accents.

Japanese sculpture of a tengu travelling as a priest, early to mid-1800s.

Tengu Travelling as a Priest (Early to Mid-1800s CE)

Antiquities Asia Japan Sculpture

An ivory carving from the early to mid-1800s, depicting a Tengu in yamabushi attire, shaped with a long nose and fine details.

Japanese porcelain dish with ginkgo leaves in underglaze blue, late 1600s–early 1700s.

Dish With Ginkgo Leaves (Late 1600s-Early 1700s CE)

Antiquities Asia Household Items Japan

A porcelain dish from the late 1600s–early 1700s, featuring ginkgo leaves in underglaze blue, outlined with enamel details.

Japanese Shinto deity sculpture, Heian period (794–1185 CE).

Shinto Deity (900s CE)

Antiquities Asia Japan Sculpture

Shaped in the 900s CE, this wooden shinto figure from Japan’s Usa Hachiman Shrine stands as a kami, marked with faded polychromy.

Japanese Sun Bodhisattva (Nikkō Bosatsu) sculpture, Heian period (c. 800 CE).

Sun Bodhisattva (794-1185 CE)

Antiquities Asia Japan Sculpture

Carved around 800 CE, this wooden figure from Japan shows a Bodhisattva cut from nutmeg-yew, lined with traces of color and gold.