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Japanese Fusuma Hikite, Sliding Door Pulls, Edo browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Metalwork:Pre 1837 VR: item # 768292 Please refer to our stock # 022182g when inquiring.
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The size of Hikite: 4 3/8" L x 3 13/16" W, the recesses oval shape size on the back: 1 3/8" L x 1 1/8" W x 1/4" Deep. This is very fine Japanese Fusuma, sliding door in Japanese house called Hikite. Hiku mean pull, te mean hand. It has nice detail work of Kiku(chrysanthemum) design carved with nanako background design. It is all hand carved works. It is made with red copper with gold work on top. The condition of Hikite is excellent. The gold works has age worn at front. Dating from Edo. At least from early 19th century. It weighs 3 oz and nice heavy piece. There are four nail holes inside. Hikite is a door pull added to sliding doors to help open and close them with a pulling motion. Wood door pulls were common in ancient periods but in general door pulls were made of metal. Hikite is set in a sliding door so that it does not hit or scuff the other sliding door when the door is pulled open. The original form of a sliding door first appeared in the 8th to 9th centuries, when the door had no pulls and people held the frame of the door to open and close it. A door pull appeared in the 13th century during the Kamakura period. Then in Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1598), when the Japanese tea ceremony was established, elaborate designs were given to sliding doors and door pulls. A door pull became an important element of interior decoration and elaborately decorated door pulls were made during this period. |
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