A meisen-like woven ramie-fibre hitoe kimono, featuring bold ‘kiri’ (paulownia)
A meisen-like woven ramie-fibre hitoe kimono, featuring bold ‘kiri’ (paulownia) on linked-left-orientated swastika called 'sauwastika’ motifs. Early-Showa Period (1927-1940), Japan. The Kimono Gallery. The cloth texture, being ramie, is relatively crisp and 'dry’: the wefts are ramie while the warps are of silk. Ramie is a flowering plant in the nettle family, native to Eastern Asia. The term sauwastika (or sauvastika) is sometimes used to distinguish the “left-facing” from the “right-facing” form of the swastika symbol. The sauwastika is a natural Buddhist symbol of light, life, health, peace and wealth. -- source link
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