An antique door makes a spacious desk for antique dealers Jeff Cline and Bill Knopse in their shop, Kagedo, in Seattle. Rich cypress sliders like this often closed off the kitchen area in old homes. In general, they are too small to use as doors in Western settings unless they are mounted in a larger frame.
At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit, 1990
Oooo yeah another lamp in my series. Paper lantern theme. I have always loved the aesthetics of the lunar new year. I know it’s not even close to that time of year but I had to make it anyways.
Rare pattern for this red chôchin (paper lantern) black-based satin antique obi! I believe I never saw a kimono item with a lantern as main subject, this is really cool :3
This hand-held lantern with a simple handle (here made from bamboo) is called ぶら提灯 burachouchin. Many other types existed, like the bow-shaped handle sturdier yumiharichouchin, or the umanorichouchin meant to be used on horseback.
The large clothing chests from the Sendai region in the northeast - some more than seven feet long - were made to fit under the oshiire, a built-in closet. While other clothing chests of the era were completely concealed, Sendai chests were placed in prominent positions next to either the family altar or the tokonoma, the alcove used to display a scroll and a seasonal flower arrangement.