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We will participate in the 2006 Asian Home Furnishing Sale at Tokyo American Club.
http://www.tokyoamericanclub.org/womensGroup/sales/index.cfm
It will be held on
Feburuary 17th.
10:00 am ~ 10:45 am Pre-sale for Women's Group Staff
11:00 am ~ 7:00 pm Sale Open to the public
We hope you will enjoy our display and find nice items there.
Today, I would like to introduce "Imari Sake Stand," made during the late period of Edo era.
When ancient Japanese served his/her guests with sake, the host passed a sake cup to the guest by putting the cup on a "Sake Stand," and the guest passed the cup with the stand to the next guest. Serving sake with a "Sake Stand" was one of the most important aspects of hospitality at that time, so we can see some different designs of "Sake Stand," such as made of ceramic and lacquer, not only made of porcelain. Yet, see-through type is a rear one and you can hardly find many, especially unbroken ones.
Although it was originally used for serving sake, as the picture, it becomes a beautiful interior item when you put tea light in there. Isn't just an amazing and heartwarming item?
If you are acquainted with "Obi," you definitely understand how precious "Sakiori Obi" is.
"Sakiori Obi" is made from old Kimono, used during Edo period. The unique procedure of creating this Obi is that people tore Kimono into narrow thread; therefore, sometimes one "Sakiori Obi" happened to have a part of silk as well as a part of cotton. It tells us how much ancient Japanese people cared of conserving items for their life.
Since Showa era, artists showed up who specialized in "Sakiori Obi," and excellent color combination has been created. The numbers of this Obi became less and less since we cannot make it with new fabrics or materials. Why don’t you feel the special texture of “Sakiori Obi”?
Both in the photo is on sale at Folk Art page. (4,800 yen each)
