potd - Yatate Inro

I've just put this yatate inro on my website. It's a small bronze ink case that would be paired with a thin brush case and hung from a man's obi with a netsuke. The top compartment has a little wad of cotton and would be filled with ink  to make a portable writing set. It dates from the 19th century and is only 3 or 4 cm long but is very solid and weighty. I love this - but I can't keep everything!

potd - Winter Sale

We're open tomorrow for market day (10am  - 3pm) and the start of our Winter Sale. It's on until 4th July.  Lots of discounted fabric, thread, paper, kimonos, obis and more. I hope you can come along.

potd - Japanese Paper

I've just been making up some paper 'play packs' - a mix of origami, handmade washi etc

potd - Basket

This is a very elegant basket for fruit or sweets that probably dates from the early  20th century. It's signed 巧昭斎  (Koshosai?) but I haven't  find out any information about him yet.

potd - Antique Cotton Bundles

I'm just making some more antique cotton bundles - perfect for boro projects, These are available in the shop and online.

Potd - Vintage Happi

This is old faded  happi dates  from early-mid last century. It's partly machine stitched and partly hand-stitched. This was a worker's jacket and  has the business logo Yamatsune on the back and the family name Hasegawa on the collar. It has a couple of small patches on the front to add some character.

Potd - Tsutsugaki Noren

Our website upgrade has finally been finished  so I've started putting some more items on - including this late 19th- early 20th century tsutsugaki dyed noren doorway curtain.

More information here.