7.22.2008

Furoshuki (Sei-shonagon print)



This is Furoshiki, Tango Chirimen fabric type.Beautiful famous Geisha Sei-Shonagon print,Background is jet black.
Made in Kyoto Japan.
Size: 68cm x 70cm(Large)

Furoshiki's are a print onto a square piece of kimono material, more of an Artwork. They would look great stretched over a frame or mounted. They have a lovely texture and look far better than we can show in pictures. It is a reproduction of an old and very famous print.

Please click link for high detail images: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/yamatonadeshiko.gallery/EbayFuroshikiNagonBlack

*About Sei Shonagon...
Sei Shonagon(966-1017) was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi around the year 1000 during the middle Heian Period, and is best known as the author of The Pillow Book (Makura no Soshi).

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