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Fan

Paper and bamboo fan with black kanji.

Fan

Paper and bamboo fan with black kanji on the paper. A translation of this writing is inclued with the fan.

Bookmark

6 - painted wood bookmarks in the shape of Kokeshi dolls.

Kite

Miniature paper kite of Dharuma figure.

Doll

Flat multicolor paper doll. Anesama Matsue.

Cloth

Placemat Vegetal dyed red salmon pink dark blue medium blue and yellow Okinawa produced cotton in horizontal striped design with vertical bands of thread dyed dark blueand white thread laid in creating a Z kasuri (ikat) water pattern (ukiori -…

Tie

Man's blue and white silk Tie Indigo blue with white shibori technique floral design. White silk is tied to resist the indigo dye. Using Akihito Sato's technique (considered a national treasure in "no form" (dyeing) craft) traditional way of making…

Screen

Eight Panel Screen Screen of Samurai viewing cherry blossoms while wading in a stream. Each screen is a wood frame covered with paper. Black lacquered or painted wood trim on outside edge of panels. Only end panels have black trim on outside edges.…

Vase

Painted and glazed porcelain vase. White porcelain in a tapered figure 8 shape with three separate scenes. From the top there is a gold painted rim then a band of green glaze over a black outline of squares within squares. Along the bottom are two…

Woven silk pictures in frames

Woven black and white silk pictures commorating a Taiwanese Association. A: Silver River Evening Excursion. Picture of single man in long canoe or boat paddling along river. Tree branches dominate top of picture then clouds setting sun mountains in…