Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan

Crane pattern dyed on hemp cloth (detail)
Edo Period
From Mikawa, Ishikawa Prefecture

3 rolls of Aizome Futon Fabrics, Katazome Crane Turtle
3 rolls of Aizome Futon Fabrics, Katazome Crane Turtle
Beautiful aizome (Japanese indigo dye ) cotton cloth decorated with auspicious motives of crane, turtle and sho-chiku-bai (pine, bamboo, plum blossoms) in katazome (stencil dye).
http://www.asianartbykyoko.com/items/638603/item638603store.html#item


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