Vintage Japanese Mutsume-ami Style Ikebana Basket - Bamboo statues An antique Japanese storage cabinet

An antique Japanese storage cabinet

worn-out fabric into strips and re-weaving them into new textiles

Japan—a traditional hana-ire (flower vessel) rooted in tea ceremony aesthetics

From Meiji period

Vintage Japanese Mutsume-ami Style Ikebana Basket - Bamboo statues An antique Japanese storage cabinetA vintage Japanese mutsume ami style ikebana basket, designed as a vessel for floral arrangements. Made from split take (bamboo). The basket features a low, wide form with a broad handle arching overhead. It is constructed in the mutsume ami, or six eye, weaving style, which uses a three direction technique to form a geometric hexagonal lattice. The open body is framed by a thick golden bamboo rim secured with dark wire wrapping. Known as a hanakago,