Here we offer a black and white Japanese woodblock print with two different subjects. On the left we have a picture of a large wandering priest who wears a basket shaped straw hat on his head. He is looking down towards a samurai seated on the ground. Hard to figure why the priest has such a malevolent look – maybe the samurai threatened him unless he removed the basket hat. The kanji characters on the print have been translated as - "Temosoukuwaiden" (The story of Temosou) - Temosou i ...click for details
This is a nice medium sized silk Fukusa with a design of a long scroll painted with pine trees. The scroll is surrounded by a profusion of chrysanthemums on all sides. Just above the scroll is a painting of Mt. Fuji in the distance with a crane flying by. The painting is executed in paint on pale gold silk. On the back is another piece of same sized silk in a bright red and bearing a the Pawlownia mon (crest) which is reserved for the Imperial court. The two pieces of cloth are loosely stitched ...click for details
A very fine small Japanese fukusa – gift cloth – with a design in couched gold thread of a large ikebana arrangement with a temple bell. The material on which the design is embroidered is a midnight blue to black silk. The cloth is framed and matted with the frame a faux bamboo painted gold color frame. The framed image measures 21” by 19” – the fukusa itself measures 14 ¾” by 12 ¾”. It is in excellent condition with no loose threads - not examined out of the frame – we date it to the late Meiji ...click for details
