Gallery Statement

Since 1983 Kagedo Japanese Art has specialized in a broad range of fine quality Japanese art. Owners, Jeffery Cline and William Knospe have over twenty years experience in the field and are the authors of four award winning publications on Japanese Art. Our most recent book Light Through Clouds: Modern Japanese Painting was released in spring of 2005. Mr. Cline has been a member of the vetting committee for Japanese Art at the prestigious International Asian Art Fair since its inception in 1996.

Kagedo has been instrumental in forming important collections of Japanese art in the areas of studio basketry, art deco, 20th century modernism, classical folk art, Imperial Meiji and Taisho art, scholar's objects and painting. Clients include major museums as well as important collectors worldwide. Artwork purchased through Kagedo is now in the permanent collections of the following institutions:

Seattle Art Museum
San Francisco Asian Art Museum
LA County Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Denver Museum of Art
Morikami Museum of Japanese Culture
The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sannenzaka Art Museum

We offer collectors high quality pieces from the traditional to the modern, including painting, metalwork, ceramics, cloisonne enamels, lacquer, studio basketry and bamboo arts, sculpture, textiles and garden stone.

We welcome collectors to our Seattle gallery which is open 10:30 to 6:00 Tuesday through Saturday or by appointment. We also work closely with clients providing images and information by e-mail. Please feel free to contact us for high resolution images and pricing information.