Yup...partly due to scant detail!
Wa Waterbear...my Totem critter! Great call!
Oh! The things you teach! Uchikake an' Furisode are new nouns, an' you may be correct...I still can't wrap my feeble mind around Leonard in a...
Yes, of course...an' thanks, AJ. First examination showed length at the shoulders of roughly 6 feet. Must needs an outdoor wall or such, as there...
Utterly charming!
Very interesting chain treatment...an' the torches completely obscure it. Nice!
It looks heavy...izzit?
You've opened a door for me! These folks are just a couple hours east of me, an easy drive. I intend to offer them a few pics and, if they have...
No pics, yet...but the box contains much more than the 3 kimono! There's a child's outfit; a wee jacket, skirt an' cap, un-used...two remnants...
Very good...Thank You, AJ!
Leonard told the same story. Their 'houseboy' was the Postmaster of the Prefecture surrounding Nagoya. Many of the fine things he brought back...
Excellent counsel, A_F...I'm on it! Thanks!
Yup...Dad's older brother, a favorite uncle in my youth. I'll take a pic of his card, which will tell a bit of the story. The pencil notations are...
Part of an inheritance that I only recently received. They've been in a corrugated cardboard box for maybe 40 years...that should tell y'all how...
An' you, good sir, are too generous by half...but Thanks!
Yessir! Due diligence always...an' then only offer it to one of the few trustworthy houses with acknowledged expertise in quality Asian art. I'm...
Well, he was...an' he wasn't. The story is long. an' for the most part, tedious. But the net result is I've received a few exceptional pieces of...
I've looked closely but can find nothing that looks like a signature. Hard to believe the artist didn't leave his mark on it, somewhere......
I'd have snapped it up, too...Nice! Welcome here...you're in good company, Kate!
Exquisite...eternally so! Thanks for sharing!
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