Japanese Buddhist Altar Silk Table Cloth Uchishiki Orange Gold Kiku Flower UC37 gilt This vintage Japanese wooden kokeshi

This vintage Japanese wooden kokeshi figurine represents a girl

At the very bottom is a decorative square piece that features various makie paintings of flowers and symbolic birds on the front and simple cherry blossoms on the back

Japanese Iron Stove

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Used for the snack bowl at the tea ceremony

Japanese Buddhist Altar Silk Table Cloth Uchishiki Orange Gold Kiku Flower UC37 gilt This vintage Japanese wooden kokeshiJapanese Uchishiki Embroidered Buddhist Altar Tablecloth This is a vintage Japanese Buddhist altar tablecloth or uchishiki. Made of silk, the backside is white with a peony and karakusa vine pattern, while the front side is orange with gold, white, green, and blue that features a chrysanthemum. Uchishiki is mainly used by followers of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism on the upper table (Maejyoku) and the front table (Uwajyoku) in the Buddhist altar during events