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A Sakiori and Sashiko Sodenashi
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Pre 1930 item# 546802
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ca. 1930
26 3/4" x 18 3/4", 68 cm x 47.5 cm
This sodenashi (vest) is a combination of sakiori (a weft of shredded cloth) and sashiko(stitched) patches and gussets. Must likely this vest would have been worn by lumbermen or workers in the forest. Examples such as this may have been made in Fukui Prefecture (see a similar example: Riches from Rags: Saki-ori & Other Recycling Traditions in Japanese Clothing, page 40).
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A Shima-cho:'Stripe Album'
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Pre 1910 item# 539607
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ca. 1880-1900
8" x 3 3/4" x 1 1/4", 20 cm x 9.5 cm x 3 cm
This shima-cho, or 'stripe album,' is a sample book comprised of hundreds of small fragments of handwoven cotton fabrics applied within a 'washi' paper book, in this case, this book appears to be a re-used ledger book. A shima-cho was kept by a family in order to remember--and consequently to be able to re-weave--the subtle stripes and checks that were used to create the family's garments and househo ...click for details
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A Boro Hanten
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Pre 1920 item# 539604
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ca. 1900-20
32" x 45", 81.5 cm x 144.5 cm
This indigo-dyed cotton hanten, or work coat, is very worn, patched and mended in a beautifully yet unselfconsciously artistic fashion. The base of this coat shows rice-paste resist dyed images of stylized kanji or Chinese characters; the patches on the exterior of this coat are hand sewn in free-form design. The interior of this coat shows a lining of 'figured' cloth in beiges and browns, and this lining shows off the wonderfully i ...click for details
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A Five Panel Tsutsugaki Noren
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Pre 1940 item# 539601
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ca. 1925-35
69 1/2" x 64", 176.5 cm x 162.5 cm
This is a wonderfully large indigo dyed cotton noren composed of five individual panels, machine-stitched together. The tsutsugaki noren shows two 'mon' or family crests of stylized wood sorrel. The running design on the botton of the noren is of stylized well-cribs. The noren is in very fine shape, with some very subtle discoloration on the white areas, with one small blotch of faint blue on the well crib design (pictured).
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A Shinto Shrine Banner
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Pre 1910 item# 539598
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ca. 1890
122" x 13 1/4", 310 cm x 33.5 cm
This indigo dyed cotton 'banner' is dyed using the 'tsutsugaki' or freehand rice paste resist technique; the cotton is hand spun and hand loomed, as are the many hand-sewn tabs running along the perimeter of the piece. There are vertically running kanji, or Chinese characters, on this banner. The indigo is inky-dark, the undyed cotton is pure white with some very slight discoloration and staining, almost unnoticeable and in ...click for details
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