This piece is a whistle with a cloth to wear the whistle around the neck. The cloth is made of cotton printed with a red and white design. The design seems to be a magnified view of shibori squares (white on red). The cloth is folded lengthwise and…
This piece is made of silk cloth and silk embroidery thread. It consists of 2 pieces of cloth. A red cloth with a plaid weave for the backing and a flat dark blue silk weave for the front on which the embroidery is done. The piece features two…
This long piece of cloth seems to be a cotton chirimen. It is printed indigo with a white thready lined pattern throughout. The lengthwise edges have been folded over and hemmer to the back. The widthwise ends have not been hemmed. It's uncertain…
These pair of tabi are red with a thin white cotton lining . The bottoms are in a rugged cotton canvas weave with a paper lining wrapped in flannel. The outer cloth is of smooth flat weave. The inner heel portions are fastened by a system of hook and…
A handmade cotton Haori The exterior fabric is pritned with a small red geometric line design and black blurred spots. The inner lining is light pink synthetic material. The Haori is half length. The sleeve are timesode in length.
Doll's Haori and Kimono. On the box they are in is written: "A padded kimono and haori made for Fumiko Matsunaga's doll by her grandmother." A: Kimono w: 6.5" L: 5"; small silk handmade furusode of floral design. B: Haori W: 6.5" L: 4.25" Small silk…
White with blue and gray tenugui with unhemed edges. An image of a book moblile with a caption in Japanese: "Congratulations - 5th Anniversary of Chiba Prefectures Bookmobile August 8th 1956"
