Japanese Buddhist Altar Silk Table Cloth Uchishiki Vtg Ho-Oh Bird Gold Red BA366 signed Packed weight: 3237 grams

Packed weight: 3237 grams

Mold mark on the corner

Down the very middle is a knotted rope incorporated into the paper during production

Vtg Japanese Haori Himo Kimono Accessory

100 cm long x 53 cm wide

Japanese Buddhist Altar Silk Table Cloth Uchishiki Vtg Ho-Oh Bird Gold Red BA366 signed Packed weight: 3237 gramsJapanese Uchishiki Embroidered Buddhist Altar Tablecloth This is a vintage Japanese Buddhist altar tablecloth, or uchishiki. Made of silk, the backside is white with a floral chrysanthemum and paulownia pattern while the front is a light brown background detailed gold designs featuring the mythological bird Ho oh which has been a longstanding motif in Japanese Buddhism. Uchishiki is mainly used by followers of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism on the upper table