Japanese Buddhist Altar Silk Table Cloth Uchishiki Vtg Ho-Oh Bird Gold Red UC17 Other - Tool Small damage on the handle

Small damage on the handle

It is Afternoon Tea Living brand

5 cm wide cm x 6 cm tall

This is a vintage set of 5 wood plates in the traditional Japanese lacquer Urushi technique

This leaf-shaped plate is a beige

Japanese Buddhist Altar Silk Table Cloth Uchishiki Vtg Ho-Oh Bird Gold Red UC17 Other - Tool Small damage on the handleJapanese Uchishiki Embroidered Buddhist Altar Tablecloth This is a vintage Japanese Buddhist altar tablecloth or uchishiki. Made of silk, the backside is white with a large peony pattern, while the front side is white with a pair of birds (likely Ho oh) embroidered in gold, red, green, blue, and orange. Uchishiki is mainly used by followers of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism on the upper table (Maejyoku) and the front table (Uwajyoku) in the Buddhist altar