Antique Japanese Boro Indigo Cotton Cloth Katazome Shide Motif Shinto Edo Meiji Antique Additional Historical Provenance:

Additional Historical Provenance:

authentic backdrop for sushi rolls or sashimi

Storage Box:

Artist signed on the base

Function: Designed as a Mizusashi

Antique Japanese Boro Indigo Cotton Cloth Katazome Shide Motif Shinto Edo Meiji Antique Additional Historical Provenance:Antique Japanese Boro Indigo Cotton Cloth Katazome Shide Motif Late Edo Meiji BRKW167 This is a remarkable antique Japanese indigo dyed cotton cloth, likely used as a traditional maku (festival curtain) or a large, heavy duty wrapping cloth (furoshiki). The striking white design in the center was created using the traditional katazome (stencil dyeing) technique. It depicts a beautifully stylized, bundled Shidethe zigzag paper streamers used in Shinto