Japanese Silk, Grey with Purple Floral Patter Ikebana A hand-crafted antique Japanese bowl

A hand-crafted antique Japanese bowl with a lid

and a painted reed motif

Chinese three-drawer hall table made from elm wood

Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE

Japanese Silk, Grey with Purple Floral Patter Ikebana A hand-crafted antique Japanese bowlTraditional Japanese kimono are made with bolts of fabric called tanmono, meaning simply fabric roll. Each tanmono is between 12 15 metres long, but only 36cm wide as kimono are made up of panels in that width. These fabric rolls are unique and it is rare to find two exactly the same, which is why vintage kimono silk is so well loved around the world. In our store we sell vintage kimono silk by the metre.