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Premium Japanese Deerskin Lacquer Products

Kasasagi Fine Arts has been supplying customers worldwide with curated Premium Deerskin products hand made in Japan by Inden-Ya. Our curated products include elegant handbags, mens and ladies wallets with comprehensive storage options.  Our range also features steel chromed coin purses and keyrings with beautifully detailed Urushi lacquer patterns as well as card and coin…

Kawasa Hasui Shiba Benten Pond

Kasasagi Fine Arts has just released one of Hasui’s flagship works of art. Shiba Benten Pond is located in the grounds behind the Zojoji temple in Shiba, Tokyo. This is a unique work of art showing Hasui’s skills at his best.  Lotus leaves and and flowers are in full bloom and dominate the foreground creating…
How Much Damage Can It Do To The Environment

How Much Difference Can This Make

How Much Difference Can This Make Plastics don’t biodegrade and as a consequence the ingestion of plastic is deadly for sea life. It is also dangerous for the entire food chain including us humans being the very end link. Plastics have a massive effect to our bird and sea life. Fish, sea mammals and birds…
Humane Society International African Lions

Humane Society International African Lions Donation

Humane Society International African Lions Donation Happy New Year to all our valued customers.  As always we like to start the New Year off with a positive contribution to the planet and especially those unable to help themselves. We continue to donate funds from Kasasagi Sales towards saving helpless and endangered animals around the world.…
Made In Australia Pottery Koro Incense Burners

Kasasagi Designed And Hand Crafted Pottery Koros

Kasasagi Designed And Hand Crafted Pottery Koros Kasasagi Fine Arts has just released our very versatile and very unique glazed pottery incense burners designed and hand crafted in Australia.  In collaboration with a local Melbourne potter we have designed and hand crafted koros for use with incense sticks and coils, cones and incense granules. Available…

Shopping For Japanese Antiques In Melbourne

Select from a wide range of Japanese Antiques at 鵲 Kasasagi Fine Arts Our Japanese Deerskin Leather Products made to order for us are also a unique and popular choice as Christmas gifts.  We offer premium wallets, double clutch purses, coin holders and key rings available in custom made boxes. Choose from Incense Burners, Lacquer…

Japanese Antiques Armadale Melbourne

Japanese Antiques Armadale Melbourne Our range of includes Imari, Kutani and Kakiemon Porcelain as well as Cloisonne and Tea Sets and Kanzashi Hair Ornaments. We also have Bronze okimonos and Inros, Masks and Dolls and Inden Deerskin products.  Please visit us online and see our expanded range including Shoyeido handmade incense from Kyoto Japan  鵲…

Just Released Hiroshige Woodblock Prints

Just Released Hiroshige Woodblock Prints 1940s and 1970s Hiroghige Woodblock Prints.  Kasasagi Fine Arts has an extensive collection of woodblock prints from many Ukiyo-e, Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hango masters.  We have just released some of our Hiroshige woodblock prints which have been in long term archival. Hiroshige was also famous for his woodblock prints…

Kasasagi Fine Arts Supports Humane Society International

Kasasagi places a high priority on supporting organisations that are guardians of Planet Earth.  We donate a percentage of your sales to causes that help endangered and abused animals worldwide. Kasasagi and our customers are proud supporters of Humane Society International and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Adopt A Tiger Program and other deserving causes.  We…
Antique Kagura Scroll And Reading Weight

Ojime Netsuke Menuki Manju Okimono Online

Ojime Netsuke Menuki Manju Okimono Online Source genuine Japanese Ojime and Netsuke, Menuki and Clasps as well as Manju and Scroll Weights online from Kasasagi Fine Arts.  You can also choose from a great selection of miniature and large masks in bronze, wood and mixed metals. We also have a great selection of Okimono and…
Kasasagi Covid19 Safety Actions

Kasasagi Covid19 Safety Actions

Kasasagi Covid19 Safety Actions We have been practicing some safety policies for some time which we would like to share with you. The general opinion of how long the virus lasts on surfaces seems to vary widely from 3 hours on paper and tissue to 3 days on plastics. Because of this we have adopted…
Glimpses of Kyoto

Accoutrements For a Geisha

Accoutrements For a Geisha Geishas are seen as symbols of culture and grace, full of puzzling mystery. They are entertainers who can be employed as hostesses for parties and formal as well as informal events. Geishas of today are still expected to master traditional songs and poetry as well as the art of calligraphy. They…

Our Japanese Experiences February 2020

Its important to focus on the good things that will still be there when you choose to visit Japan. Here are some of the images of our last very enjoyable trip to Japan in February 2020 on Kasasagi Fine Arts Instagram site. Our Japanese Experiences February 2020 on Instagram You can also check out our…
Shoyeido Mica Plates for Incense Chips And Granules

New Shoyeido Incense Products at Kasasagi

New Shoyeido Incense Products at Kasasagi We are excited to announce the release of new Shoyeido incense products to enhance your incense experience. Kasasagi now offers incense granules, ash, charcoal and Mica Plates from Shoyeido for use with incense granules and pressed incense. Purchase them individually or as our Satori Incense Pack to enjoy the…

Antique Japanese Inro Collection

Antique Japanese Inro Collection Finding quality Japanese antiques is our passion.   We make the best possible effort to find high quality Japanese antiques. The Japanese Inro is an icon of traditional Japanese culture and Kasasagi Fine Arts has a range of high quality and hard to find Inro’s.  The Ojime’s and Netsuke’s which are part…

Kato Kimono Designer And Woodblock Print Artist

Teruhide Kato 1936 to 2015 Kato studied at Kyoto Art College and enjoyed a successful career as a Kimono Designer. At the age of 50 Kato fulfilled his long held dream of becoming a traditional woodblock artist.  He gained fame for his contemporary woodblock shin-hanga prints of his native town Kyoto. Kato exhibited his work…

The Great (Busy) Buddha of Kamakura

So yes, some traditional cultural elements are slowing in Japan, however 750 year old “Kamakura Daibutsu” is busier than ever. This behemoth bronze Buddha attracts increasingly large numbers of both foreign and Japanese visitors. Cast of bronze in 1252, unique techniques, sophisticated for the period were used . The interior of the statue is hollow…

2019 Tokyo Cherry Blossom Festival

2019 Tokyo Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival This years Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival is imminent. In Tokyo the 2019 Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival is scheduled from March 15 to April 7th. It will be centred around Chuo City’s Nihonbashi, Yaesu and Kyobashi Areas. At Edo Sakura-dori near Chuo-dori Ave and Hamachomidorido. Highlights will be the Tree…
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