'New Year's Kagamibiraki Ceremony' Triptych by Chikanobu Material - Burr Elm Unlike porcelain made for the

Unlike porcelain made for the imperial court

Each suzani is hand stitched on cotton and completely unique

This stunning hand blown Cranberry Glass lamp is probably from Murano Italy

finer details of the face have been worn away

this has mostly worn away on the table top to reveal a beautiful northern elm (yumu) grain

'New Year's Kagamibiraki Ceremony' Triptych by Chikanobu Material - Burr Elm Unlike porcelain made for theThis old Japanese woodblock triptych is by Meiji era woodblock print artist Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu. This woodblock is entitled "New Year's Kagamibiraki Ceremony" and is taken from the series 'Chiyoda no on omote (The central office of the Edo castle).' It records a Kagami biraki ceremony where mochi rice cakes are broken and eaten. The full triptych can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art & the British Museum. For further reading, see