Japanese Silk Fabric, Black with Floral and Geometric Patterns Garden and a painted reed motif

and a painted reed motif

Called kibori kuma

An antique Japanese Mizuya

A Japanese Boro textile

used in Japanese flower arrangement (Ikebana) for fixing the flowers in the vessel or vase

Japanese Silk Fabric, Black with Floral and Geometric Patterns Garden and a painted reed motifA piece of Japanese Silk Fabric, thicker than usual, reversible silk jacquard, black on one side, blue floral and geometric patterns on the other side. Traditional Japanese kimono are made with bolts of fabric called tanmono, meaning simply fabric roll. Each tanmono is between 12 15 metres long, but only 36cm wide as kimono are made up of panels in that width. These fabric rolls are unique and it is rare to find two exactly the same, which is why