Antique Japanese 19th Century Textile - Katazome Indigo 49" x 73" Kiku #81 Cloisonne This frame was placed over

This frame was placed over a very small portable brazier with hot coals inside to keep the legs warm under a table during the winter months

Reed sliding door panels intact and functional

and tranquility (jaku)

wheel-carved to reveal a botanical composition of chrysanthemum blooms

New and other vintage shakuhachi start at around $800 and can easily go over $2000

Antique Japanese 19th Century Textile - Katazome Indigo 49" x 73" Kiku #81 Cloisonne This frame was placed overThis exquisite piece of 100+ year old antique Japanese hand woven cotton fabric features a stencil dyed cotton multi 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