Cotton bag made of handspun cotton and vegetable indigo dye, which has beautiful sashiko of spider web design. It ha also nice cotton lining with kasuri. In good condition. The first half of the 20th century. W:30.5cm, L:39cm

Boro futnji made of many cotton fragments, some are hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye. It has mainly two layers of cloth. All handsewn. The first half of the 20th century. W:108cm, L:188cm

Uchikui made of choma (ramie) whose warps and wefts are hand plied. It has auspicious motif, "pine tree, baboo and plum flower", which is tsutsugaki, free hand paste resist dye. The ground cloth is dyed with Ryukyu ai, vegetable indigo of Okinawa and colored with pigments on both sides. Uchikui is not only for wrapping but also for laying out, covering a head or goods. The last image is from "UCHIKUI Wrapper of cover of Okinawa" published by Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum in 2015...

Noren made of asa (probably choma, ramie), both wefts and warps are hand plied and vegetable indigo dye. It has family crest "Maru-ni-kazura Kashiwa Mon" (creeping plant and oak leaf in circle crest). One of the panels is missing. Cotton cloth of the top and belts are handspun and vegetable indigo dye. In good condition but has a few small holes. 19th century. W:157cm, L:171cm

Japanese antique rare boro noragi indigo dyed cotton with excellent long ,thick tattered patches and sashiko stitches Meiji (1868-1911) . This item can be worn and enjoyed. The repair thread is also attractive. You can enjoy both sides of this Noragi. Size: Length 93 cm (36.6 inches) / Shoulder width 61 cm (24.0inches)

This is a Japanese antique shibori & katazome cotton kimono. Indigo dyeing and Plant dyeing. To dye it black, you first dye it with a liquid made by boiling the nuts of trees such as tsurbami and yasya, then soak it in a liquid containing iron to develop the color. It is in good condition with no damage. Size: Length: 137cm (53.9") / Cuff to cuff, full back: 122cm (48")

A role of cloth (tanmono) for a cotton kimono (yukata) with shibori. Shibori technique is one kind of Chidori shibori (plovers) which was invented in 1920s. Mostly in good condition but has a slightly indigo faded part in the selvedge. 1920s to 1980. W:30.5cm, L: about 7m40cm (before ironing with steam)

Edo Japanese Fukusa Embroidery pair minogame turtle turstles amounst the Sea and surf. Dtails in gold in silver on a deep purple silk base. Backed in original orange material. Edo Japanese fudog fukusa embroidery. The silk panel is embroidered in gold with detailed pair of minogames. Japanese mythical turtle that is said to live 1,000 years. In the 17th–19th centuries, fukusa were used to wrap gifts in a ceremonial setting...

Rare Edo Japanese fudog fukusa embroidery. The silk panel is embroidered in gold with detailed fu dog climbing the mountainous terrain. Backed on its original green velvet organic material.
In the 17th–19th centuries, fukusa were used to wrap gifts in a ceremonial setting...

Cotton yukata with bold stripes. The dye technique is "chusen", cloth is folded in many layers and the dye liquid is poured through katagami (stencil). It is used for dyeing tenugui (towel), fukin (kitchen cloth) and yukata (cotton unlined kimono). The second half of the 20h century. In excellent condition. W:128cm, L:140cm

Noren made of hand-spun cotton with katazome (stencil-resist dye) design. In excellent condition. The second half of the 20th century. W:69cm, L:93cm

Noren made of hand-spun cotton with katazome (stencil-resist dye). Made by the textile artist. The second half of he 20th century. In excellent condition. W:65cm, L:93cm

Cotton cloth with katazome (stencil-resist dye) for kimono (yukata) wich is handspun. Late 19th to early 20th century. In good condition but has a hole in the middle: 5mm x 4cm W:33cm, L:136cm

Cotton cloth dyed with rare suji shibori and katazome, which is named Koyanagi Shibori (Small Willow Pattern). It is first katazome (stencil-resist dye) dyed and then finely pleated by machine and dyed with indigo. The technique is invented in 1949, and the pattern was very popular after a few years for a cotton kimono (yukata). In excellent condition. Mid 20th century. 34cm x 160cm

Shikimono (carpet) woven of white and indigo blue cotton yarn. Hems and jointing seams are sewn by hand. The origin of the product place is not clear. 20th century. In excellent condition. W:154cm, L,164cm

A sample book of indigo dye cotton stripes, pasted on Daifukucho, which is a record book of a merchant, made of washi. It has 238 fragments. About half sheets of wash are pasted with fragments, but another half ones are not. In good condition. 19th century. W:21cm, L:20.7cm, Thickness:1.7cm

Shimacho, a sample book of cotton stripes with 414 fragments. Meiji period to early 20th century. (mid 19th to early 20th century). In good condition, but the ground washi (Japanese handmade paper) has some wear. W:18.5cm, L:14.8cm, Thickness:2cm

Shimacho, a sample book of cotton fragments with stripes which are almost cotton, and some are silk. It has about 844 fragments. It must have been handed to a few generations, from late Edo to Meiji period (mid 18th to early 20th century). In excellent condition. W:17.5cm, L:14cm, Thickness:4cm, More images are available by request