{"product_id":"a-patched-hemp-cloth-kanji","title":"A Patched Hemp Cloth: Kanji","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. late nineteenth century\u003cbr \/\u003e\n43\" x 27\", 109 cm x 68.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a really lovely, antique fragment of hemp cloth which is hand finished on its two short ends.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The fragment is marked with 5 1\/2 hand drawn\u003ci\u003e kanji \u003c\/i\u003eor Chinese characters; there are two mending patches to the surface, one near the top hem, and one just south of center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis old hemp cloth is from \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fukui_Prefecture\"\u003eFukui Prefecture \u003c\/a\u003ewhich faces the Sea of Japan, on Honshu Island's \"northern\" coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA marvelous piece of old Japan and a beautiful folk textile which still begs to be admired.\u003cbr \/\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":213848298,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9422\/products\/FukuiCloth1.jpg?v=1571438542","url":"https:\/\/www.srithreads.com\/products\/a-patched-hemp-cloth-kanji","provider":"Sri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}