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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, gamakoshigo, accession number 9-22877, described as A woven basket. It is lightweight, thus, ideal for mountain work where it was used for gathering fuki, butterbur, takenoko, bamboo shoots, zenmai, fiddlehead fern tips and warabi, bracken root. It was durable enough to last 2 to 3 years in daily use.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12311b, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12309, described as Tea bowl, ceramic, Fujina ware. Almost vertical sides tapering to a narrow foot. Dark brown clay body. Thick finely crackled white, opaque glaze, inside and out, down to within 2.5 cm of foot. Many pineholds. Light blue-green glaze diffused with white, running in vertical lines from rim. Side broken and mended with gold. "Marriage spot" on side. Height 7.5 cm, Rim diameter 9.5 cm. From Japan, Shimane Prefecture (Izumo Province), Fujina. Attributed to 19th century.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12312, described as Spouted bowl, ceramic. Fujina ware. Small bowl with blue-green crackled glaze to within 2.5 cm of foot. The lip is rounded with an attached pouring lip that slants upward. One large crack from rim to base. Many small cracks in rim. Warped. Height 5.5 cm, Rim diameter 10 cm. From Japan, Shimane Prefecture (Izumo Province), Fujina. Attributed to 19th century.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12310, described as Tea bowl, ceramic. Fujina ware. Blue-green crackled glaze down to .5 cm of the small foot. Yellow spot on rim. Small trench impression on interior bottom. Side broken and mended with large chips missing. Gray clay body. Similar to 9-12300-309. Height 8cm, Rim diameter 10.5 cm. From Japan, Shimane Prefecture (Izumo Province), Fujina. Attributed to 19th century.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12311c, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12311a, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12311d, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12314, described as Bowl, ceramic, with pouring spout attached below rounded rim. Thick blue-green glaze fired at high temperature to produce "hare's fur" flambè. Only the outside rim and a few thick drops remain blue-green. Rim glaze is transparent, rest flambè. Clay is coarse, grey-buff stoneware. Height 7.5 cm, Rim diameter 13.5 cm. From Japan, Shimane Prefecture (Izumo Province), Fujina.
Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 9-8083a,b, described as Fan (a); paper, pentagon-like shape; black calligraphy down center; red stamp in left corner; narrow straight split bamboo handle; 24.2 x 34.3 cm. Native name: uchiwa. Used for the memorial service (kanekuyo?). In a paper bag (b)

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