Hand Puppet

Hand PuppetRare lions head hand puppet, carved of cedar and originally brightly colored. The puppeteers hand would fit into the mask to manipulate the articulating mouth and ears, while the body, made of textile, covered the arm. The accompanying collectors box is inscribed purchased lions head puppet, suggesting it may once have belonged to an antiques study group, which were popular during the Meiji period. The puppet itself, however, dates to the mid Edo

It enabled plots of land to be accurately surveyed and plotted

14 stone Daikoku figurines are included

The mesh ground lends body and ventilation while the indigo dye saturates the yarns

and hope in the face of adversity

from fiber extraction to hand-weaving

A group of American cobbler shoe last forms on contemporary metal stands

A delicate Japanese stoneware bowl decorated in the mugiwara-de (“barley straw”) style

Prior to visiting Japan I never realized just how “imperfect” a great tea bowl is

likely intended for burning incense

shaped in the form of a spinning wish-granting pearl (hojin-no-tama)

Joseon white porcelains (baekja) are characterized by the beauty of modest forms

Saito is a member of Shunyo-kai