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TESUJI HAND PLEATING、ORINUI SEWN POINTS
OF OMODAKA ARROWHEAD WATER PLANTAIN
HANDSPUN COTTON, BOTANICAL INDIGO
ARIMATSU, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C

HAND-PLIED CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
SHIGA PREFECTURE, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C

手績み芋麻、絣藍染、龍、雨龍文様
HAND-PLIED CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
DRAGONS AND RAIN DRAGONS MOTIF
SHIGA PREFECTURE, EARLY 20C
SOLD

HAND-KNOTED BASHO-FU
KASURI-RESISTED HANDSPUN COTTON
DYED WITH SAFFLOWER AND RYUKYU INDIGO
TAKETOMI-JIMA, OKINAWA, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
SOLD

Te-saji hand towels of basho-fu were traditionally woven by young women in the Yaeyama archipelago of Okinawa and given to their suitors as a symbol of love and commitment.

HANDSPUN COTTON AND PLY-JOINTED KUDZU
MINERAL AND BOTANICAL DYES, TWILL WEAVE
PROBABLY KAKEGAWA (SHIZUOKA), EARLY-MID 19C

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
INDIGO GROUND VAT-DYED LAST
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
YELLOW GROUND VAT-DYED LAST
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
PINK GROUND VAT-DYED LAST
OKINAWA, MID/LATE 19C

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
HAND-PAINTED MORDANT-DYED AND HAND-PAINTED
COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA, 18C
FOR THE THAI MARKET

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
HAND-PAINTED MORDANT-DYED,
RESIST-DYED AND HAND-PAINTED
COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA, 18C
FOR THE THAI MARKET