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HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
BOTANICAL RYUKYU INDIGO AND BENIBANA
KASURI-RESISTED WARP AND WEFT
FLOATING RELIEF WEFT
OKINAWA, LATE 19C

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絣藍染芋麻、竹にスズメ文様
HAND PLY-JOINTED, HANDWOVEN
CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
SPARROWS AND BAMBOO MOTIF
COLLAR LINED WITH KASURI-RESISTED,
BENIBANA-DYED HAND-PLYED CHOMA
NIIGATA PREFECTURE, LATE 19C
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

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

HANDPSUN COTTON, BOTANICAL DYES
FLOATING RELIEF WARP AND WEFT
OKINAWA, MID 19C

HAND-KNOTTED, HANDWOVEN
BASHO-FU BANANA FIBER
縦横縞：てぃかち　縦縞：琉球藍、木綿
BROWN WARP/WEFT STRIPES:
　　　TIKACHI (Rhaphiolepis umbellata)
BLUE COTTON WARP STRIPES:
　　　RYUKYU INDIGO (Strobilanthes cusia)
LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
 SOLD

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
SANKUZUSHI LATTICE WEAVE
LATE 19C/EARLY 20C

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
DYED WITH RYUKYU INDIGO;
SUPPLEMENTAL BASHO BANANA-FIBER THREADS
OKINAWA, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
 private collection, Teramachi, Kyoto

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
BOTANICAL RYUKYU INDIGO, SYNTHETIC RED DYE
FLOATING RELIEF WEFT AND KASURI-RESISTED WEFT
OKINAWA, LATE 19C

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