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Vintage Japanese Kimono Haori, AMATERASU GODDESS
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Pre 1950 item# 506567
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(718) 274-0962
$225
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This is a man's formal (5-crested) silk kimono jacket (haori), made of high-quality satin silk (habutae). Tt has a spectacular image of the ancient Japanese tale "ama no iwaya" on its lining. The heroine of the tale is Amaterasu no Omikami, Japan's most famous Shinto goddess. The tale goes like this: Disgruntled about the poor behavior of her younger brother, Amaterasu entered a cave, thus leaving the universe in complete darkness (Amaterasu is the Sun Goddess). She vowed to ne ...click for details
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Japanese Kimono Obi, Stencil-Dyed Tsumugi Silk
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Pre 1960 item# 511185
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(718) 274-0962
$175
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This is a lovely Japanese kimono obi (Nagoya-style) with a roundel design done via the rice paste-resist stenciling technique (katazome). It is made of a thick, nubby, handspun silk fabric--first dyed a soft beige-yellow, then the design was stencil-dyed over this. The multi-colored dyes (vermillion red, violet purple, ocher yellow-gold, and indigo blue--were applied by hand in a style that recalls Okinawan stencil-dyeing; a second color--for shading--was applied to some of the roundels. There a ...click for details
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Large Japanese Porcelain Plate, Kutani, Signed
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Pre 1980 item# 484315
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(718) 274-0962
$750
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This is a very charming contemporary Japanese porcelain plate, made as a decorative item for display. It was made in one of the Kutani kilns, as indicated by the inscription on the box (read below). It has a matt brown glaze on the top surface, with nine white circles--eight smaller circles around one larger circle in the middle. Each of the circles has a wild plant/herb, handpainted in the characteristic Kutani polychrome glaze style--blue, purple, red, and yellow. The plant in the middle circl ...click for details
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Vintage Woman's Kimono, Murayama Oshima Kasuri
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Pre 1950 item# 513900
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(718) 274-0962
$250
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This woman's kimono has a kasuri tie-dyed design of squares and circles. It is made of a nubby handspun, natural/plant-dyed raw silk (tsumugi); done in the Murayama Oshima tsumugi style. The sleeves are elegantly long (25.5 inches!). The lining is made of an undyed, nubby handspun silk (upper) and a crepe silk (lower) that was recycled from a tomesode kimono--the black ground dye and colored yuzen-dyed areas have been bleached, leaving a pinkish color. The yuzen design appears in silhouette. ...click for details
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Japanese Kimono, Man's Formal Noshime Robe
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Pre 1940 item# 484505
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(718) 274-0962
$550
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This is a rare man's formal silk kimono, called a "noshime." It is a classical Japanese costume specially worn under a kamishimo ensemble (kataginu vest and hakama pants). Made of a high-quality habutae satin silk, and lined with a dark indigo-dyed silk. The plaid pattern, placed around the mid-section of the garment, is a special characteristic of noshime kimono. The sleeves are attached to the body of the garment; the sleeve openings are the same as for kimono. It has 3 large cre ...click for details
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Japanese Wooden Sculpture of Ebisu
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Pre 1980 item# 414407
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(718) 274-0962
SOLD
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This is an unusual, large sculpture of Ebisu. It is made of a solid piece of zelkova wood (keyaki in Japanese). Ebisu is one of Japan's "Seven Lucky Gods" and considered the patron saint of fishermen in Japan. He is the only indigenous Japanese deity among these seven gods. He typically holds a big sea bream ("tai"), a symbol of felicity and prosperity. Here, a very jolly Ebisu struggles to hold onto the fish, which is as big as he is. ...click for details
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