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A Splendid Tsutsugaki Banner: Crashing Wave
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Pre 1910 item# 822905
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ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century
78" x 12 1/2", 198 cm x 32 cm
This extremely handsome nobori: it is a banner that would have been flown outside of someone's home on a ceremonial occasion; this banner, or nobori, may once have been taller and may have been cut down to this size.
Traditionally, banners are flown for various purposes in Japan: sometimes at Shinto shrines and always at Boys' Day which falls on 5 May of each year: for Boys' Day, banners are f ...click for details
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An Antique Stripe Album: Shima Cho
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Pre 1910 item# 818346
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ca. late Nineteenth, early Twentieth century
8 1/4" x 6", 21 cm x 15 cm
Very collectible, a shima cho is a home made book showing small samples of hand woven cloth, many of which were purportedly woven at home by one family. It has been said that these sample albums were created by a family to remember the weaving patterns done by family members, and it has also been said that brides would take this album to the home of her in-laws so as to remember the weaving traditions of her o ...click for details
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A Tsutsugaki Futon Cover: Ceremonial Noshi
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Pre 1920 item# 816057
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ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century
64" x 52", 163 cm x 132 cm
This is a free-hand paste resist, or tsutsugaki, futon cover showing a beautifully rendered and very traditionally Japanese celebratory motif, the auspicious noshi or dried abalone. Noshi, being an auspicious symbol, was chosen for this indigo dyed cotton futon cover since it was most likely the part of a wedding trousseau.
What is wonderful about this piece is the clarity and the sureness of the drawing, a ...click for details
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A Silk Katsugi: Woman's Formal "Veil"
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Pre 1910 item# 810890
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ca. late nineteenth century
57" x 48", 145 cm x 122 cm
This is the first katsugi, or kimono-shaped veil we have offered on this site. Worn by upper class, samurai women--and by brides--this lightweight, hand painted silk garment would be draped over the head of a woman as she goes out in public or to a private ceremony such as a wedding or a funeral.
Note unusual construction of the piece: there is extra material from the top of the collar to the 'shoulder' line: this l ...click for details
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A Pieced Crepe Silk Under Kimono: Botanical Dyes
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Pre 1910 item# 805091
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ca. mid to late nineteenth century
25" x 48", 63.5 cm x 122 cm
This is an half under-kimono, han juban, made primarily of hand sewn pieces of chirimen, or crepe, silk, over forty pieces joined together. This color combination of orange and purple is a common one for garments of this sort which are made from scraps of old clothing. The orange dye is from safflower and the purple is from gromwell root, both dyes being readily available dyestuffs especially in Japan's eastern regi ...click for details
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