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CARP SWIMMING UPSTREAM: のぼり鯉
RICE-PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
INDIGO-DYED COTTON
INDIGO SHIBORI CREPE SILK SLEEVES
MID/LATE 19C

秋田絞りおんぶ
AKITA INDIGO SHIBORI
COTTON OMBU — A LONG, NARROW
CLOTH LOOPED AROUND THE UPPER BODY
TO CARRY AN INFANT
LATE 19C
SOLD




型友禅縮緬
KATA YUZEN RICE-PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
CREPE SILK, BOTANICAL INDIGO
AND OTHER PIGMENTS
MID/LATE 19C
SOLD

CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN MIST
MULTIPLE STENCILS,
VAT-DYED IN BOTANICAL INDIGO
WITH OTHER NATURAL PIGMENTS
APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE FABRIC
MID 19C

HANDWOVEN HEMP SLEEPING COVERLET
VAT-DYED IN BOTANICAL INDIGO
WITH TANNIN-BASED PIGMENTS APPLIED
DIRECTLY TO THE FABRIC
PROBABLY TOHOKU, MID 19C
SOLD

MULTIPLE STENCILS,
VAT-DYED IN BOTANICAL INDIGO
WITH OTHER NATURAL PIGMENTS
APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE FABRIC
BOTH MID 19C

JI-SHIRO (WHITE GROUND)
HEMP ASA INDIGO KATAZOME LEGGINGS
PATTERN: YATTOKO (BLACKSMITH’S TONGS)
MID/LATE 19C, UNUSED
SOLD

SHORT UNDERKIMONO ASSEMBLED FROM
INDIGO COTTON KATAZOME SAMPLER BOLT
OF FAUX-SHIBORI PATTERNS
UNUSED, MID/LATE 19C

ALL LATE 19C/EARLY 20C


琉球藍苧麻絣
INDIGO CHOMA (RAMIE) ASA KASURI KIMONO




木綿縦絣
INDIGO COTTON KASURI KIMONO




芭蕉布
BASHO-FU (BANANA FIBER) SHIMA STRIPE KIMONO




八重山苧麻絣
CHOMA (RAMIE) ASA KASURI KIMONO
YAEYAMA ISLANDS




琉球藍読谷絣
INDIGO COTTON KASURI KIMONO
YONTANZA (YOMITAN), MAIN ISLAND




琉球藍苧麻型染
INDIGO CHOMA (RAMIE) ASA KATAZOME KIMONO

5-PANEL FUTONGWA
COTTON WARP, HAND-PLIED SILK WEFT
STENCIL-RESISTED AND DYED IN INDIGO
W/ADDITIONAL PIGMENTS APPLIED
DIRECTLY WITH STENCILS
MID - LATE 19C



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