Antique Japanese 19th Century Textile Bamboo & Plum Tsutsugaki 50"x57" #28 Laquer stable kenzan provides excellent support

stable kenzan provides excellent support for stems and allows the precise placement essential to classical ikebana practice

19th century Qing dynasty

made into a kago basket

confident strokes of a sake brewer or merchant house identification

Antique Japanese 19th Century Textile Bamboo & Plum Tsutsugaki 50"x57" #28 Laquer stable kenzan provides excellent supportThis exquisite piece of 100 year old antique Japanese indigo fabric features a central hanabishi mon (family crest) with arabesque surround created using the traditional tsutsugaki dyeing technique. Tsutsugaki involves hand drawing patterns with a resist paste, resulting in these intricate and vivid designs. The fabric showcases a central crest and arabesque design all rendered in beautiful indigo hues. The Kamon or family crest shown is the Nine