Spring 2001
Open Days

We are pleased to invite you to our three open days which we organize on Friday, March 30th, from 12 PM to 9 PM. On Saturday, March 31th and Sunday, March 1st from 10 AM to 7 PM in our warehouse located in Rue de Chambôry, 45 in Etterbeek - Brussels.
Our shop will exceptionally be closed for these three days.

Last January, we came back from Japan after having spent five weeks collecting a wide range of objects and some very nice pieces of furniture as well. Here are some of the items we found:

Small Items:

Dai (show stand) - 1 furo (tea ceremony brazier) - 1 very nice lacquered tsuzumi (traditional drum) and 1 jindaiko (war drum) - 1 kane (bell) - 1 very old mokugyo (wooden gong) - 5 kouro (incens burner) - 2 kaibitsu (chest for kaiawase game) - 1 very nice kote (iron) - 1 old hagoita (girlØs day raquet) - 2 goban (go game set) - Many hon (books) - 2 ittomasu (rice mesure) - 2 geta (wooden shoes) - Kadai (bonsai's display table) - 4 furin (summer bells) - Many kakemono (scroll) - 2 tekagami (miroir) - 1 old pair of ranma (ornament which is placed on top of sliding doors) - Soroban (abacus) - 1 tabakobon (ashtray-set) - 1 teaburi (hand warmer) - 1 very nice tetsubin (kettle) - 2 tsuridoro (lantern) - Usubata (Ikebana vase) - Many statuettes and okimono - Obis (kimono sash), kimonos, haori, happi, hakama and other traditional Japanese clothes - Some ningyo (doll) - Many kokeshi (wooden doll) - 1 echoushi (sake kettle) - Owan (lacquered bowl) - 1 chago (tea shovel) - Iko (kimono stand) - Some multipurpose baskets: 4 big size biku (fish basket), 8 kago (food basket), several hanaire (ikebana stand) - Multipurpose cases and boxes: 1 kakesuzuri-bako (portable writing box-safe), many hari-bako (used for sewing), some kohikidashi (small drawers' chest), kyodai (dressing), ju-bako & bento-bako (lunch lacquered box) - Kashigata (rice cake pattern) - Obon (tray) - Hanate and kabin (vases) - Some accessories as well as various ornament and little contemporary traditional Japanese style crockery for tea, sake, etc..

Furnitures:

Several cha-dansu (tea chest) - Some choba-dansu (merchant chest) - 1 endai (chest with tatami) - Many mizuya-dansu (kitchen cabinet) of various sizes - A lot of isho-dansu (kimono and personal garments chest) - Monoire-dansu (storing chest) - Many ko-dansu (small multipurpose furniture) - To (old doors) - many Korean Chests - Some hibachi (brazier table) - Low tables - Low desks - Etc..

Our selection criteria: all the pieces that we bring back must be genuine, have less than 15% of restoration and have been made before WW2. More recent pieces are not excluded if they represent traditional Japan and are very rare as antique.

Hoping to see you again, we remain yours sincerely.

Patrick and Michiko Mailleux-Nishi

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