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Japanese Sliding Doors Pulls, Hikite browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Metalwork:Pre 1910: item # 769682 Please refer to our stock # 022182e when inquiring.
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The size of each Hikite: 4 1/8" L x 3 5/8" W( oval shape recessed center from back: 2"L x 1 7/16" x 1/4" deep ). Hikite is made from brass. It has nice Karakusa design with Nanakoji finish. The condition is very good. Just age color. Dating from Meiji period 1870-1910. 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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