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Vintage Authentic Japanese Wedding Letters NOS w/Case, Peach JM100
Pattern: Case is silk brocade over (most likely) cardboard, purple and white tassels, still in plastic cover sleeve.
Comments: Two pages of kanji on soft paper; maybe washi or cotton rag paper. My Japanese supplier describes these to me as wedding letters, but the language barrier makes it difficult for me to know for certain what that means, so I’m simply passing on his description to you. I also do not know if the written missives are something provided in the original purchase or if those are written by the original owner.
JM100 $18.00
Material: Silk, paper
Condition: Excellent
Color: Peach multi
Size:
Length: 12 3/4″
Width: 3 3/8″
Vintage Authentic Japanese Silk & Paper Wedding Letters w/Case, Blue JM102
Pattern: Case is silk brocade over (most likely) cardboard, purple and white tassels, still in plastic cover sleeve.
Comments: Four pages of kanji on soft paper; maybe washi or cotton rag paper. My Japanese supplier describes these to me as wedding letters, but the language barrier makes it difficult for me to know for certain what that means, so I’m simply passing on his description to you. I also do not know if the written missives are something provided in the original purchase or if those are written by the original owner.
JM102 $18.00
Material: Silk, paper
Condition: Excellent
Color: Blue multi
Size:
Length: 12 3/4″
Width: 3 3/8″
Vintage Authentic Japanese Silk & Paper Wedding Letters w/Case, Gold JM101
Pattern: Case is silk brocade over (most likely) cardboard, purple and white tassels, still in plastic cover sleeve.
Comments: Two pages of kanji on soft paper; maybe washi or cotton rag paper. My Japanese supplier describes these to me as wedding letters, but the language barrier makes it difficult for me to know for certain what that means, so I’m simply passing on his description to you. I also do not know if the written missives are something provided in the original purchase or if those are written by the original owner.
JM101 $18.00
Material: Silk, paper
Condition: Excellent
Color: Blue multi
Size:
Length: 12 3/4″
Width: 3 3/8″
Antique Authentic Japanese Wall Decoration; Boro Ranru
This one is from my own, personal collection of boro.
• Wonderfully boro, for those of us who are in it for the story told by much-used and much-loved Japanese items.
• I do not know the significance of this item, whether it is related to festival, seasonal, used in a temple, even possibly funeral; no idea.
• As photos show, this decoration is structurally sound, but has various flaws throughout and has shredding to the back silk, resulting from advanced age.
• I cannot remember what this decoration is called; I used to know but have forgotten, so if you know, please message me.
• The frame is blond wood, which is exposed at the top peak and arm tips as seen in photos.
• The peak is slightly separated at the joining of the two pieces, so has a bit of flex, or “play” in it. I do not know if this is intentional.
• The yardstick is only in the photos in an attempt to provide scale; the tips of the tails are approximately 10″ from the floor and this decoration is approximately 61″ long from top peak to the ends of the banners/streamers/tails. From left to right where the wood is exposed, it is 22″.
• The frame is exposed because something used to be there that is now missing, but I’ve no idea what it was.
• I believe one set of the upper banners or tails is missing, upper left as we view the pictures; tiny holes indicate there used to be tacks there (shown in photo collage).
• Reverse side is quite fragile, as seen in photos and is red tissue silk with black shodo Kanji that of course I cannot translate. The red silk has shredding and in some areas, the shodo ink seems to have disintegrated the silk.
• The midsection of the item is lined with something to stiffen it.
• As shown in one of the photo collages, some of the paired tails are attached to each other by way of a small tie thread.
• This is a wonderful item and I believe it to be Meiji Period, or possibly early Taisho. That is my opinion, it is not a fact.
• The likelihood that either of us is going to see another such as this? I don’t think so. The condition of it does not bother me in the slightest, but if it bothers you, PLEASE do not buy it. I believe it to be unique enough to justify both condition and price.
• Shipping is going to be high, possibly. That is because there are no packages ready-made that this will fit in because I refuse to bend it in the middle, where it is designed NOT to bend. I had to construct the package from four Priority Mail boxes; opened their seams and created a package that would accept this piece. If you want it insured, you have to message me before you buy so that I can factor that in. It WILL require a signature upon delivery; I will NOT send it without that requirement in place.
• All photos in collages are saved separately on my computer if you require them.
Vintage Authentic Japanese Prayer Beads Buddist Nenju Juzu JM82
Pattern: Polished wooden beads with glass (?) separator beads. 27 wood beads; 6 between pompoms and separator each side, 15 from one separator to the other.
Comments: Brown pompoms knotted together at large separator bead. The grain of the wood is really lovely in person and a dark chocolate color; not black.
The beads are strung on multiple strands of a coppery colored thread and the juzu is very supple and fluid from use, not stiff like newer or unused juzu. The pompoms are clean and fluffy.
JM82 Nenju or Juzu
Material: Wood
Condition: Vintage Excellent
Color: Dark Brown
Bead Size: 11mm
Vintage Han Haba Obi, Cotton Rag Weave, Red.
A very thin, sturdy but flexible han haba obi in red cotton or perhaps a cotton blend. The only ornament is the silver banding at the ends. Excellent condition, it measures 5 5/8″ wide and 120″ long.
