Traditional rules established by the various “flower schools” have prevailed since the sixteenth century.
Ikebana. The arrangement of flowers in Japan.
Tag: Crafts
Easter eggs from Bukovina, Romania.
All the Easter eggs are in the Hamburg Ethnological Museum and come from Bukovina (Romania).
The Osuwa Park at Nagasaki, Japan.
Gardens are supposed to symbolise abstract ideas, such as peace, chastity, old age, etc.
Old Kaga porcelain. Polychromatic bottles. Japan.
Double gourd-shaped Bottles, of fine polychromatic ware of old Kaga porcelain
Bowl of the finest quality of Kaga ware, Japan.
The bowl of red and gold Kaga ware, is one of the finest and most beautiful pieces of the manufacture which has been brought to this country.
Japanese shoes. Historical shoe styles around 1900.
The variety of Japanese shoe shapes and designs is mainly tailored to the weather conditions and the wearer’s profession.
A bowl (hachi), Ko-kutani, Kaga Japan
Work of Tamora Gonzayemon. Painted by Kuzumi Moriage. Nine of the sixteen Rakan. 17th century.
Hitzen: Arita ceramic. Old Japan wares.
Pair of Temple lamps (toro), of porcelain. Bowl (hachi), of porcelain. Made for native users.
Japanese Ko Kutani ceramic. Incense burner, Rice bowl.
Incense burner (Koro), Rice bowl (Meshi-Wan) of Ko Kutani Porcelain, about 1730.
Two Japanese Kutani rice bowls, Japan.
Ko Kutani rice bowls. Period, 1700-1750.