item name: Toys From Japan: Meiji Wood Block Prints

item description: Rare set of wood block prints illustrating Omocha, toys, from the Meiji period. These toys were more than playthings for children. Many were derived from amulets with symbolic content rooted in Japanese folklore.in 1887 Shimizu Seifu (1851-1913) founded the "Hobbyhorse Club" dedicated to "the merry and nostalgic enjoyment of children's toys". Seifu, who was an artist, a wealthy trader and a student of Japanese folklore, assembled a large collection of children's toys and published a series of books cataloging his collection. The series, Unai no tomo (The Child's Friends), numbered ten volumes, six by Seifu and four by the painter Nishizawa Tekiho (1889 - 1965). The prints shown here are from the first edition of volume 6, printed in Kyoto in 1891. Presented in museum mats and ebonized ash frames with non-reflective conservation glass.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions
13" H X 10" W
33cm H X 25.4cm W

Image Dimensions
8" H X 5.75" W
20.3cm H X 14.6cm W

price: $475

item name: Toys From Japan: Meiji Wood Block Prints

item description: Rare set of wood block prints illustrating Omocha, toys, from the Meiji period. These toys were more than playthings for children. Many were derived from amulets with symbolic content rooted in Japanese folklore.in 1887 Shimizu Seifu (1851-1913) founded the "Hobbyhorse Club" dedicated to "the merry and nostalgic enjoyment of children's toys". Seifu, who was an artist, a wealthy trader and a student of Japanese folklore, assembled a large collection of children's toys and published a series of books cataloging his collection. The series, Unai no tomo (The Child's Friends), numbered ten volumes, six by Seifu and four by the painter Nishizawa Tekiho (1889 - 1965). The prints shown here are from the first edition of volume 6, printed in Kyoto in 1891. Presented in museum mats and ebonized ash frames with non-reflective conservation glass.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions
13" H X 10" W
33cm H X 25.4cm W

Image Dimensions
8" H X 5.75" W
20.3cm H X 14.6cm W

price: $475

item name: Yastik Pillow

item description: A pillow made from an antique yastik (Turkish for cushion), now fitted with a cotton velvet back, zipper and muslin bag with fill. the yastik was made by hand in an Anatolian village about one hundred years ago. The palette is a mix of vegetable and mineral dyes typical of that period.

price: $450

item name: Yastik Pillow

item description: Yastik Pillow

price: $450