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Picture, Woven

Japanese Fusa blue lined brocade square. Gold brown blue flowers/medallions. Possibly for Buddhist usage because of predominance of gold color.

Jacket

Japanese jacket. Aqua colored crepe. Sleeves and main body slightly different shades. Child size.

Kimono

Japanese lady's kimono. Teal color silk crepe white resist dyed peacocks and peonies. Half length yellow silk lining sleeve lining of orange silk. Family crest center back below the neck upper back of sleeves and upper breast front. Staining on the…

Runner, table

Table runner lined with purple silk blue tassels 7" long at the four corners. Made from silk obi brocade gold fans and bamboo. White flowers blue background.

Cover, pillow

Blue damask pillow cover blue background pines and ivy in blue and gold wave patterns in silver flying birds in gold. Edges bound with blue and gray braided cord. Back cover of light blue silk with heavy staining. Opening on one side with three…

Cover, pillow

Green damask pillow cover. Green backgound with green pattern of Chinese garden scene with seated figure in a pavillion small structures floral pots trees and flowers attendants with parasols etc.

Cloth Fragment

Orange and gold silk brocade unseamed obi. Pattern of gold poppies and stylized mochi (pestle) pounders on orange background. Could be used in summer due to poppy motif or at New Year's due to mochi pounder motif.

Cloth Fragment

Silk brocade obi fabric of chrysanthemum design on a blue background. Chrysanthemums are yellow green khaki and light blue. Between flowers are two-toned blue clouds with yellow outline.

Cloth Fragment

Small piece of brown and cream tapa cloth. Tapa is divided into fourths. There are two different geometric designs each one is repeated twice on opposite corners. One pattern is diamond and arrow shapes. The other pattern is diamonds zigzags and…

Fan

Bamboo sticks natural stain metal peg. Black paper painted with landscape in gold silver browns and greens. Red seal of artist on edge. This type of painting appears on export fans of the post 1850's and could be of this type which were primarily…