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Silk Brocade Square Maroon satin background with four large phoenixes on each corner in gold and silver. Gold and silver clouds and smaller phoenixes around larger ones. Two edges have gold colored salvages and the other two are hemed by hand.

Chinese Officials Informal Hat (Kua p'i Mao) Skull cap shaped made of black silk satin lined with red cotton triangular segments sewn together with bias band running around the lower edge which is bound with bias satin binding. At the very top is red…

Fan Holder or possibly Chopstick holder. Blade-shaped holder made with two layers of stiffened fabric sewn down the sides and at the bottom. The top is wider and curved. One side is covered with black satin and is embellished with metallic purl…

Pile Weave Cloth Used as Hanging or Table Cover. Cotton pile weave rectangle with cut loops. Edges are machine overcast. Design consists of three lozenge medallion shapes in central field separated by Arabesque style half medallions on either side of…

Paper Cut Light weight paper dyed red has been cut into village scene. Hills and mountains in background bamboo tree on left. Fields in center group of people in front of tiled roof building in right center.

Wood Block Print by S. Wantanabe Medium weight white paper showing winter scene with blue sky in background trees with snow a woman in purple kimono and geta carrying green umbrella walking across a red painted bridge next to houses and trees coverd…

Two Small Wood Block Prints by Same Artist A: Print shows three people planting rice the two in the foreground are wearing blue and white clothing and one has straw rain cape. All wear conical hats. In the grey fields representing water are green…

Two Small wood Block Prints A: Back ground of shades of grey clouds and trees thatched roof buildings lower right green slope inforeground with four people travelling uphill and two downhill. Two men in blue and green loin cloths with large hats are…

Wood Block Print Cards Used as Post Cards or Greeting Cards. A: Print of three children in kimono with chichi - go - san festival dress. Seven year old dressed in multi colored kinomo with black and white obi Five year old boy has black haori with…

A variety of note cards A: White card folded on half has image of apprentice geisha next to stone lantern. The figure shows her back and is made of silk fabric applied to cardboard black hair red kimono with yellow orange and black collar and hem.…