Obi of dark orange ribbed rayon silk with sections of metallic gold and deep green rayon silk in a zig-zag pattern brocaded with floral designs in pale blue turquoise outline and filled with silver metallic blending into gold metallic with accents of dark orange; large floral designs are of a motif from the Paulownia tree; traditional woman's obi. The floral motif is based on a tree from a family crest, the Toyotomi family - a Samurai crest. Kiri mon is a sacred tree where the phoenix rests, and is valued. The tree is the Paulownia tree, also known as the Royal Empress Tree.
Tapestry hanging of hand-woven off-white silk with a landscape pattern with trees, gazebo, and mountains in grey-greens, blues, browns, and grey with black and gilded gold outline; fringe at top. The Kesi weaving technique came to Japan from China in the 1400's. The Chinese used shuttles of separate bobbins of threads to weave the designs. The Japanese used their fingernails to weave, sometimes they would serrate the edges of their nails to aide the process. The Japanese called the technique tsuzure-ori "nail weaving" or fingernail weave. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%27o-ssu
Coat of black cotton with a fine woven linear cross pattern creating a check pattern in pale blue; fully lined in deep blue cotton; open-front; cut-in-one collar lapel; very wide rectangular sleeves.
Kimono of black wool crepe brocade with a repeat pattern of floral, plant, and butterfly motifs in red, taupe, and blue, with yellow and pale grey accents and gold metallic threads; square neckline; rectangular sleeves; double-breasted closure with self-fabric covered buttons with concealed snap closures; upper half is lined in peach silk with patches of colorful floral, plant, and Shibori prints; below-knee length. Record says this woman's kimono was worn by royalty.
Ironing Board of beige, red, pink, purple, and pale sage cotton in a large floral and plant print with areas of tiny squares resembling Shibori tie-dye technique; fabric covers a wooden rectangle and is backed on newsprint-style paper with Japanese characters (writing); top is cushioned; portable, small size.
Textile Panel from an obi of beige ground with all-over kinran weave brocade in silver gilt paper and green, orange, white, and brown silk floss in a large pattern of pine trees with clusters of chrysanthemums, peonies, and morning glories; curved bridges in partial view; decorative bands of half-circles at top and bottom in gold metallic.