Japanese Book of Semamori Embroideries on Black Fabric with Text Scully and Scully with quite a history on

with quite a history on it and many good years of use in it yet

The lid features a striking interplay of thin splint strips and braided sweetgrass woven over thicker orange splints

The hand-carved stopper turns the winder inside

by just resting the panel horizontally on a couple of nails

Japanese Book of Semamori Embroideries on Black Fabric with Text Scully and Scully with quite a history onThis is a sample book of Japanese Semamori embroideries, which from what I understand were conceived as amulets of sorts to be sewn onto the back of children's kimono to bring good luck and ward off evil spirits. The tradition of Semamori began as a Japanese folk custom in the Edo period; I believe these date to the earlyish 20th century. At the center of the book is a fold out fabric page with handwritten Japanese text, which I wish I could