Antique Japanese 19th Century Textile - Katazome Indigo 26"x59" Kiku #43 Inkstone and give it the presence

and give it the presence that only genuine use can produce

Please enjoy the enlarged pictures to get a full appreciation of the fine keyaki wood and its century old original patina

The body features the classic hail pellet design

This is a 8" x 11" giclée reproduction print of a Japanese Meiji era  ukiyo-e (woodblock print) from the series "New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts"  c

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Antique Japanese 19th Century Textile - Katazome Indigo 26"x59" Kiku #43 Inkstone and give it the presenceThis exquisite piece of 100+ year old antique Japanese hand woven cotton fabric features a stencil dyed cotton multi panel fabric created using the traditional katazome dyeing technique. Katazome is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a rice flour resist paste applied through a stencil carved from mulberry paper. This fabric, which was probably once used as a kakebuton (a kind of bed spread) showcases chrysanthemum floral patterns rendered in an