Japanese Buddhist Altar Table Silk Cloth Uchishiki Rectangle Kyozukue Mon BA566 Tokoname ware Item weight: 124 grams

Item weight: 124 grams

some trees with big branches can be seen in the background

Design: Ebisu and Daikokuten (7 lucky gods)

Shashin jiho (写真時報）

Kannon Bosatsu standing on a fish

Japanese Buddhist Altar Table Silk Cloth Uchishiki Rectangle Kyozukue Mon BA566 Tokoname ware Item weight: 124 gramsJapanese Uchishiki Embroidered Buddhist Altar Tablecloth This is a vintage Japanese Buddhist altar tablecloth or uchishiki. Made of silk, the back is white with a chrysanthemum pattern, while the front is a soft beige with colorful mon symbols of various designs. This tablecloth is rectangular and has purple and gold tassels on the front two corners. It sits on top of the kyozukue surface. Uchishiki is mainly used by followers of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism