Japanese textile stencil pattern with designs of babies and fans, framed, early 20th century.
Size (in frame): 25 1/4" high x 25 1/4" wide.
Size of stencil: 18" wide x 19 1/4" high.
Beautiful art work of Tosa Mitsutoki (?-1819) embroidered with a theme from Noh play, "Takasago" on antique fukusa, a Japanese gift cover. The signature, seal and other characters are embroidered. To find a signature on fukusa from this period (late Edo) is very rare, in fact, I had never seen one. The characters (at the bottom left side) read "e-dokoro azukari" which is the title for the head of the Imperial Painting Bureau. The characters in the next column translate to Tosa Sakin Shoge... Click for details
Old Japanese fukusa gift cover, turtles embroidered with gold wrapped threads on soft blue satin silk (old shusu), padded and lined with red crepe silk, Meiji period (1868-1912). Dimensions: 23" wide x 25" long
The size of each ornamental tassel: (large one in center) 17" W x 21" L, cord length 13" Long from top of ornament. (small one)11 1/2" W x 17" L, cord length 34" from top of ornament. Japanese Shu(red) silk made cord and tassel ornament which were used in imperial palace or shrine or temple. The set of 3 pcs. very well made. Center cord are made with hard materian in the center. The condition of ornament excellent. Slight color changed from age. Dating from Meiji to Taisho, 1910-20's. Very inter... Click for details
The size of each ornamental tassel: 11 1/2" W x 17" L, cord length 34" from top of ornament. Japanese Shu(red) silk made cord and tassel ornament which were used in imperial palace or shrine or temple. very well made. The condition of ornament excellent. One side slight color changed from age. Dating from Meiji to Taisho, 1910-20's. We also have 3 pcs set on another site.
Shibori, an incredibly intricate Japanese textile art, was used to create the mon (family crest) on one side and good fortune character on the other side of this late Meiji era fukusa. The designs were formed by tightly tying off with thread thousands of individual tiny sections on plain white silk. The tied off sections covered the surface everywhere except the outlines of the character and crest, so that when the fabric was dyed green and the binding threads removed, each tiny section was puck... Click for details
Japanese antique fukusa, a gift cover embroidered with "The Old Couple of Takasago" on wool (rasha, felt like), padded and lined with orange crepe silk, Meiji period (1868-1912).
The story of the old couple, Jo and Uba came from the Noh play, Takasago written during the Muromachi period (1336-1573) by Zeami. Jo and Uba were spirits who resided in an old pine tree which was two trees that grew together over the year... Click for details
The fukusa, a square piece of cloth with a unique and often exquisite design, became an essential element in the elaborate ceremony prescribed for the formal presentation of a gift during the Meiji era in Japan. Sometimes confused with the furoshki, a larger, single layer of cloth used to wrap and transport an informal gift, the fukusa is seldom larger than 15 inches square, lined and made of fine silk. These pieces often were commissioned by a family, designed to their specifications, and then ... Click for details
Japanese silk fukusa, a gift cover with the design of the "Eight Views of Omi", embroidered on satin, early to mid 1800s. 26" wide x 27" long.
The Eight Views of Omi were first thought to have been written by Konoe Masaie in 1500. Kanoe found similarities in the scenery around Lake Biwa (Shiga, near Kyoto) to the Chinese Lake Dongting area which was depicted in the "Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers". The... Click for details
This large dramatic Japanese folk textile futon cover (“futongawa” or “futonji”) is made from 100% home spun cotton sewn together lengthwise and then decorated with rice paste resist dye designs in shades of white and light blue on a dark blue indigo ground. Meiji period, late 19th century. The bold designs has been skillfully hand drawn and decorated with several auspicious symbols of longevity: the crane, tortoise and shochikubai. In the center of the cover is a family crest (“mon”) of falcon ... Click for details
