Japanese late 19th century sleeve from a stage costume. The sleeve has design hand embroidered on front and back. The front has a large pearl with 3 dragon claws showing around the edge. There are also plum blossoms, bamboo leaves and stylized clouds. The reverse has the 3 friends, bamboo, plum and pine with cloud designs. There is also a fabric handle for the piece. This type of sleeve was not actually worn, but held against the body during a performance. The piece measures 24 1/2" wide... Click for details
Antique uchishiki, Japanese alter cloth, embroidered on silk satin with Chinese theme, “The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove”. Probably from late 18th to mid 19th century. 26 3/8" x 25" (67cm x 63 1/2cm).
Condition: This is a beautiful antique textile even with some obvious damage and wear, still solid with a thick cotton backing. The wear is seen particularly on both ends of the design. This quality of needl... Click for details
Beautiful Japanese robe of purple woven asa (hemp), with gold woven through in striations and bold gingko leaf design, Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Size: 31" high x 80" long
Japan
Probably late 18th century (1775-1800)
A fine old Japanese brocade that was probably cut from a Priest's robe. Backed with fine cotton during 20th century. Fragment in excellent condition. 26" x 26"
A Japanese priest's silk ouhi (Buddhist priest's ritual arm - shoulder covering), the green/gray/black brocade silk with an overall design of cranes, pine, stylized shells, verlaid with white line divisions and asymetric gold thread kikyo (Chinese bell flower) designs, pale pink silk liner. Late Edo period. Dimensions - 11 1/8" x 54".
A Japanese silk oohi (Buddhist priest's ritual shoulder covering), deep salmon pink brocade silk with an overall design of overlapping fan shaped panels and snowflakes interspersed with daisies and Chinese bell flowers, etc; internal corners with Japanese symbols on a white ground. The ties and liner are green silk. Meiji period. Dimensions - 12 1/2" x 58 1/2".
Beautiful Japanese kesa made from a very high quality silk brocade. The work shown on this kesa is truly amazing. The gold picks up light easily and when it does, it changes the whole kesa to a golden color. The decoration is an auspicious floral design of hosoge (ancient imaginary flowers said to bloom in heaven) and karakusa. It will be impossible to produce a kesa of this quality today because of the steep decline in the quality of materials and workmanship since the time that this kesa w... Click for details
This sumptuous patchwork silk brocade garment in simple rectangular form is a Buddhist monk’s robe which is known as a “kesa.” Meiji period, late 19th century. The background of this seven-columned kesa is made up of patches of rich, shimmering golden copper-colored silk brocade into which motifs of blue, green and tan peony blossoms and leaves were woven. The thick border surrounding the kesa was sewn from a separate piece of the same silk brocade, although it was not cut up into patches. There... Click for details
This unusual cluster of Japanese hand bells, called “suzu” bells, would actually have been used by an actor portraying a Sambaso dancer. Early 20th century. It has a red lacquered wooden handle, an engraved brass hand plate and fittings, twelve brass bells and a braided silk cord.
Sambaso is an auspicious ritual dance of ancient origin which was intended to appease the gods and bring good fortune. The Sambaso is supp... Click for details
