Antique Japanese Lacquered Wooden Takamakura Neck Pillow Geisha Makie JK787 kyozukue Buddhist art statue

Buddhist art statue

7 cm long x 3

The bottle has a face and kanji characters written on it ( 清酒 志賀高原 Sake Shiga Kogen)

26 cm long

The exterior fabric has lovely beads of flowers and leaves

Antique Japanese Lacquered Wooden Takamakura Neck Pillow Geisha Makie JK787 kyozukue Buddhist art statueAntique Japanese Wood Lacquered Base Neck Pillow This is an antique Japanese neck rest or pillow called takamakura. This neck rest consists of a very simple black lacquered base with beautiful gold and silver makie designs of folding fans with chrysanthemums. There are two holes on the top with metal decoration used for inserting a string to hold a fabric pillow on top. A neck rest, or Takamakura, is a support stand for the neck designed to keep hair