Antique Japanese 19th Century Textile - Katazome Indigo 65"x65" Kiku #82 Ainu This type of saw required

This type of saw required an especially powerful kobiki-shokunin (sawyer) as seen in the 1830's Hokusai woodblock print in the last picture (not included)

This pot measures 16" wide and 10" deep in 3" tall (14 x 6 cm)

75" (25cm)

Known as 花王 (kaō) — the king of flowers — it appears across lacquer

Height = 8" (20cm)

Antique Japanese 19th Century Textile - Katazome Indigo 65"x65" Kiku #82 Ainu This type of saw requiredThis exquisite piece of 100+ year old antique Japanese hand woven cotton fabric features a stencil dyed cotton 5 panel fabric created using the traditional katazome dyeing technique. Katazome is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a rice flour resist paste applied through a stencil carved from mulberry paper. This fabric, which was probably once used as a kakebuton (a kind of bed spread) showcases chrysanthemum floral patterns rendered in an