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.
HOMESPUN COTTON, KASURI-RESISTED
DYED IN INDIGO AND MADDER
HANDWOVEN, HAND-PAINTED MORDANT-DYED,
RESIST-DYED AND HAND-PAINTED
COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA
FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, 17C/18C
private collection, Horyu-ji, Nara
HAND-PLIED, HAND-WOVEN
CHOMA (RAMIE) BAST THREAD
NIIGATA PREFECTURE, MID 19C
private collection, Teramachi, Kyoto
絣藍染芋麻、宝尽くし文様
HAND PLY-JOINTED, HANDWOVEN
CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
BOUNTIFUL TREASURES PATTERN
NIIGATA PREFECTURE, LATE 19C
SOLD
HANDWOVEN COTTON
VAT-DYED IN RYUKYU INDIGO
HAEBARU, OKINAWA
EARLY 20C
SOLD
HANDWOVEN COTTON
VAT-DYED IN RYUKYU INDIGO
HAEBARU, OKINAWA
EARLY 20C
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
VAT-DYED IN RYUKYU INDIGO
OKINAWA, LATE 19C / EARLY 20C
SOLD
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
BOTANICAL RYUKYU INDIGO, SYNTHETIC RED DYE
FLOATING RELIEF WEFT AND KASURI-RESISTED WEFT
OKINAWA, LATE 19C
OBVERSE ・ 表
REVERSE ・ 裏
絣藍染芋麻、朝顔・観世水文様、背守りつき
CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
MORNING GLORIES AND SWIRLING STREAM PATTERN
WITH SE-MAMORI PROTECTIVE TALISMAN
SHIGA PREFECTURE, EARLY 20C
SOLD
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