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Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - Street Cat
By Miyuki Takanashi
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (acrylic, gouache,oil) on canvas
Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache
H 8.86 in W 6.23 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - City Cat
By Miyuki Takanashi
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (acrylic, gouache,oil) on canvas
Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache
H 10.71 in W 8.67 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Vintage Manekineko Cat Object 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
ceramic or plastic. The figurine depicts a cat, traditionally a calico Japanese Bobtail, with a paw raised
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Hand Painted Ceramic Cat Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-726 vintage Japanese hand painted ceramic cat sculpture
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Lucky Cat Manekineko Couple Porcelain 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
figurine depicts a cat, traditionally a calico Japanese Bobtail, with a paw raised in a beckoning gesture
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Contemporary Art by Hiromi Sengoku - A Cat Bringing Night
By Hiromi Sengoku
Located in Paris, IDF
exhibitions in Japan and participated in numerous group exhibitions. She also joined art fairs both
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Gouache
H 14.34 in W 20.28 in D 1.19 in
Japanese Antique Pottery Manekineko Rocking Cat Object 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
depicts a cat, traditionally a calico Japanese Bobtail, with a paw raised in a beckoning gesture. The
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Japanese White Maneki neko Cat Object Edo period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This charming and rare hand-made, hand-painted Maneki Neko (beckoning cat) dates back to the Meiji
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Romping Cats Under Sago Palms
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Romping Cats Under Sago Palms
Beautifully painted mineral pigments on
Category
Antique 17th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Striped Mother Cat and Kittens
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 16.5 in W 21 in D 0.5 in
1980s Japanese Large Retro Golden Maneki Neko Beckoning Cat Coin Bank
Located in Chiba, JP
Large type retro ceramic ‘Maneki-neko’ coin bank, 1980s, Japan, approx. H 40 x W 24 x D 20 cm
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Young girl sitting with a cat - French Japanese
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Foujita" in the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 250, in the lower left ma...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
H 20.28 in W 16.93 in
Sharing with you this amazing Japanese Kutani model of a recumbent Cat
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this amazing Japanese Kutani model of a recumbent sleeping cat, 19th Century. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Big Antique Blue And White Hand-Painted Good Fortune Money Cat
Located in South Burlington, VT
-painted.
Only one.
History:
The Maneki-Neko (Japanese literally -beckoning cat) - is a common Japanese
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
Circa 1920 Japanese Screen. Cat & Mouse Harvest Scene on Gold Silk.
Located in Kyoto, JP
a member of the Japan Art Association and as a councllior of the Japan Nanshu (Southern school of
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Two Dogs in a Japanese inspired interior surprising a cat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very decorative animal scene of two dogs in an interior surprising a cat walking towards them
Category
1990s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, 'Playful Cat' by Hirose Toho, 1920s Taisho
By Hirose Toho
Located in Kyoto, JP
Playful Cat
Hirose Toho (1875-1930)
Hanging scroll, ink, mineral pigments and gofun on silk
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
"Tama, Mimi, Chan" Chuzo Tamotzu, Japanese American Modernist Still Life, Cats
Located in New York, NY
University in Tokyo. Self-taught in sumi-e, he left Japan in 1914 to further his study of art throughout Asia
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Japanese Six Panel Screen Mother Cat and Kittens Near Rushing Stream
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting, in mineral pigments and gold leaf on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Artist seal reads: Hokkyo Unsen.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Mimosa Tree Restaurant', Aegean, Cyclades, Japanese Artist in Greece, Feral Cat
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Hirano' for Yoshito Hirano (Japanese, born 1938) and created circa 1970
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Japanese Antiques Nakajima Kaho, lacquer painting, cat, Folding fan-shaped frame
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: lacquer paint on paper
A cute lacquer painting of a cat.
A painter of the Maruyama(円山
Category
20th Century Lacquer
Materials
Paper
H 12.6 in W 22.45 in D 0.79 in
Antique Meiji Kutani model of a recumbent sleeping cat, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this amazing Japanese Kutani model of a recumbent sleeping cat, 19th Century. The
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Art Deco Standing Cat Andirons
Located in Bellport, NY
A spectacular pair of Art Deco cat form andirons, standing as
though they are guarding the
Category
Vintage 1930s British Anglo-Japanese Andirons
Materials
Iron
Miçao Kono - "Woman with Cat" (1934) - Huile sur toile
By Micao Kono
Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
brushwork reflect the fusion of traditional Japanese aesthetics with Western Art Deco modernity. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Japan Important Hand Carved and Hand Painted Art Deco Cat Panel, Koga Tadao
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan an important Art Deco period hand carved and hand painted wooden panel in its original frame
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Kimono Wall Art / Japanese Art / Wall Decoration, -Japanese Cat-
Located in Shibuya City, Tokyo
Japanese Cat by Kimono-Couture
*Japanese Kimono Art
*Handmade by Kimono-Couture
*One-of-a-kind
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Furniture
Materials
Silk, Acrylic
Unusual Japanese Porcelain Beckoning Cat Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Japanese porcelain figural sculpture, Kutani style, of a provocative rendition of Maneki
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Painted Floor Screen with Cat & Sparrow
Located in Seattle, WA
A fine Japanese tsuitate (standing screen) with sugi (cryptomeria) wood panel mounted in a wood
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Cat Woman, 21st century, modern, nude, mask, japanese,
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Cat Woman, 2017
Oil on paper
7 9/10 × 11 4/5 in
30 × 20 cm
The German-Italian artist works
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Japanese Pair of Imari Porcelain Lovable Cats Sculpture, Signed on Base
Located in Bruxelles, BE
A pair of japanese lovable imari cats in red enameled porcelain.
Each sculpture okimono is signed
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Porcelain
H 7.49 in W 3.15 in D 2.37 in
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka, Cat, Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e, Beauty, Kimono
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in London, GB
marked by reactionary reforms put in place to rectify the perceived excesses of the Japanese shogunate
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut
Tsukioka YoshitoshiYoshitoshi Tsukioka, Cat, Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e, Beauty, Kimono, 1888
H 14.61 in W 10.08 in D 0.04 in
A Japanese, Meiji-era (1868 – 1912) Bronze Okimono sculpture of a house cat
Located in London, GB
From our collection of Japanese Bronze works of art from the reign of Emperor Meiji, this unusual
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
H 7.09 in W 7.09 in D 5.12 in
Japanese Cat Antique Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
A charming Japanese cat antique lantern hand cast and crafted in black iron with removable base for
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Japanese Woman in Kimono with Cat Art
Located in Countryside, IL
Japanese Woman in Kimono with Cat Art
This piece of art measures: 10.5 wide x .75 deep x 35
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Grasscloth, Paper
Japanese Antique Cat, Your Best Friend
Located in South Burlington, VT
From Our Recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels.
A charming Japanese antique cat hand cast and
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
19th Century Japanese Hirado Porcelain Cat Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
A Hirado bisque porcelain sculpture of a sitting cat with its eyes closed. This is a rare and
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Kutani Porcelain Sleeping Cat
Located in San Diego, CA
Excellent Kutani porcelain piece from the Meiji period (late 1800s). Sleeping cat is in excellent
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old Japanese small wooden cat / 1920-1980 / Cat figurine/Showa era
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
wooden cat made in Japan during the Showa period (1920-1980).
It is a simple sculpture, and I think it
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cypress
Japanese Screen "Cat Resting under Bamboo Arbor"
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese screen: Cat resting under bamboo arbor.
Beautifully painted cat with trellis supporting a
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Japanese Porcelaine Representing a Cat Sleeping, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelaine representing a cat sleeping.
Japanese work,
circa 1880.
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Porcelain
Cat-Shaped Glass Bottle Made in the Showa Period in Japan / Lucky Cat
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A cat-shaped glass container made around the middle of the Showa period after World War II.
This
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Blown Glass
Japanese Big Hand Cast Bronze Cat Charming Art Deco Lines and Fine Details
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Kyoto acquisitions
A fine Japanese tall cast bronze sensuous cat
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Gucci by Damian Gonzales, 3D Japanese washi tape fiber art painting, cat & toy
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Gucci," 2021. Washi Tape on Wood panel. A portrait of the artist's cat with cat toy. This piece
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tape, Wood
H 16 in W 21.25 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Antique Red Enameled Porcelain Crouching Cat Sculpture, 1920
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese antique red enameled porcelain crouching cat, sculpture Okimono signed base, 1920.
Maker
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Japanese Antique Bronze Cats Pair Hand Cast With Playful Pose
Located in South Burlington, VT
continues to this day.
In Japan, there are also cats described as Maneki Neko, also referred to in English
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Cat 1860s-1900s / Sculpture Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old carved wooden cat made in Japan.
It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s).
The
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Japanese Old Pottery Statue Beckoning Cat 1940s-1970s / Manekineko Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
a new perspective.
This is a Japanese-made pottery beckoning cat.
This statue was made in the mid
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
H 6.7 in W 3.94 in D 3.55 in
Japanese Antique Wood Carving Cat 1860s-1920s /Figurine Animal Sculpture Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Old Japanese wood carving cat.
It seems to be from the Meiji era to the Taisho era. (1860s-1920s
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 10.04 in W 5.52 in D 4.73 in
Japanese Big Antique Hand-Painted Wooden 19th Century Fortune Money Cat Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
collection.
Excellent detail.
A rare work of art that is virtually impossible to find in Japan today as
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
H 22.5 in W 14 in D 8 in
Japanese Big Imari Porcelain Crouching Cat Sculpture 90 Years Old, Signed Base
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese big 90 year old red enameled porcelain crouching cat, sculpture Okimono signed base
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
H 4 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Japanese Print Girl Cradling Cat Red
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Norfolk, GB
has led us to the information in the listing. As art specialists, the handling of the print would
Category
20th Century Showa Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Reclining Woman with Cat Lithograph by Tadashi Asoma, 1977
By Tadashi Asoma
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limited edition lithograph by Japanese artist Tadashi Asoma, signed and numbered 57 of an edition
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Cat Basking in the Sun
By Susumu Yamaguchi
Located in Burbank, CA
A striped cat basks in the sun on a wooden porch. Behind him hang persimmons that are drying. Self
Category
1960s Showa Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Japanese Contemporary Art by Miyuki Takanashi - Street Cat
By Miyuki Takanashi
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (acrylic, gouache,oil) on canvas
Miyuki Takanashi is a Japanese artist born in 1961
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache
H 8.86 in W 6.23 in D 0.79 in
Big Bronze Hand Cast Art Deco Good Luck Cat from Japan
Located in South Burlington, VT
A fine Japanese cast bronze sensuous Cat beautifully handcrafted in an attractive Art Deco style
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Black Cats Pair of Antique Japanese "Good Fortune Money Cats"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a lovely pair monumental old ceramic Maneki neko "good fortune money" cats coming from a
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
Junichiro Sekino Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Lovesick Cat 'Cat on Rooftop'
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
throughout the world.
Would be a fantastic addition to any modern Japanese print or art collection or eye
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
H 21 in W 14.25 in D 0.1 in
Japanese Kimono Beauty & Cat Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
beauty and a cat, a work of art painted on silk.
Technique = Handpainted.
Roller Ends = Bone
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Antique Japanese Manekineko Black Cat Object, 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique maneki neko cat object. It is painted in black and around the neck, it is in red
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Japanese Big Hand Cast Bronze Cat Art Deco With Fine Details, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Kyoto acquisitions
A fine Japanese tall cast bronze sensuous cat
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024The focus of Japanese art varies. Many traditional Japanese artists sought to capture the beauty of nature in their works. However, other Japanese artists have produced work with Buddhist themes, and contemporary artists working in the country have been inspired by a range of subjects, from socioeconomic and political issues to pop culture. On 1stDibs, explore a large selection of Japanese art.
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