Mid 19th Century Japanese Tsutsugaki Maiwai Repurposed As A Furoshiki Textiles This specific box has 2

This specific box has 2 compartments

Historically Tibetan scroll holders had numerous purposes

with an ink and quill

So we peeled it back and found the original

 This bench originated in the late 19th century

Mid 19th Century Japanese Tsutsugaki Maiwai Repurposed As A Furoshiki Textiles This specific box has 2Here we have a stunning mid 19th century Japanese, Tsutsugaki Maiwai repurposed as a Furoshiki (wrapping cloth). Maiwai is a celebratory garment worn to celebrate or pray for a good catch, originally this piece would have most likely been a kimono. This specific textile depicts the folktale of Urashima Taro, where Urashima Taro (a fisherman) saves a sea turtle from a group of tormenting children. He is then rewarded and taken to the underwater Dragon