Vintage Japanese Silk Komon Kimono Shippo Floral Repeat Rikyu Olive Showa Usubata auspiciousness

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This vintage Japanese (early to mid 1900's) saw or Ryoba-Noko (double edged saw) was hand forged by a Japanese master blade maker over a century ago

Such signs were designed to captivate passersby and establish a shop’s identity

finished in deep kuro urushi (black lacquer)

Vintage Japanese Silk Komon Kimono Shippo Floral Repeat Rikyu Olive Showa Usubata auspiciousnessVintage Japanese silk komon kimono, allover shippo tsunagi interlocking circle repeat with floral rosettes on riky olive khaki ground, rust red hakkake lining, Showa era Japan; Showa era, mid 20th century, c. 1950s1970s A finely patterned vintage Japanese silk kimono in the komon () tradition a category defined by its allover small scale repeat pattern covering the full garment surface without differentiation between body and sleeves. The ground color