Hanging Scroll

Hanging ScrollA Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku), ink on paper with silk mounting. Scrolls like this were rotated through the home's tokonoma alcove with the seasons, hung for a time, then carefully rolled and stored away. Please contact me if you would like additional photographs or details of the painting.

A highly unusual sleeveless ceremonial overgarment with wide

The crests possibly indicate the name of the donor or indicating the shrine from which it originated

An unusual carved duck wrapped in kakabushi paper

prosperity

Set of three kakejiku (hanging scrolls) painted on silk

A hip-length kimono worked in katazome (stencilresist) on a robust

a theme long celebrated in Japanese art

Heavy age-related wear

A refined hexagonal bronze vessel decorated with butterfly motifs

seams and hems are neatly hand-stitched

Joseon white porcelains (baekja) are characterized by the beauty of modest forms

with fine radiating stripes encircling the exterior