Japanese Silk Black & Pink Meisen religious statues and a smaller bag bearing

and a smaller bag bearing a kanji character at its feet

From Hokkaido

White speckled glaze

Antique Chinese provincial folk art chair made from elm wood

Choba dansu were used by merchants to store business ledgers

Japanese Silk Black & Pink Meisen religious statues and a smaller bag bearingTraditional Japanese kimono are made with bolts of fabric called tanmono, meaning simply fabric roll. Each tanmono is between 12 15 metres long, but only 36cm wide as kimono are made up of panels in that width. These fabric rolls are unique and it is rare to find two exactly the same, which is why vintage kimono silk is so well loved around the world. In our store we sell vintage kimono silk by the metre.