Japanese Buddhist Altar Silk Table Cloth Uchishiki Vtg Ho-Oh Bird Gold Red BA366 paper rectangle shape

rectangle shape

Design: Poetry and Cluster amaryllis and bamboo

3 cm long x 12 cm wide x 15

Design of Oura church and Portuguese men

Japanese Buddhist Altar Silk Table Cloth Uchishiki Vtg Ho-Oh Bird Gold Red BA366 paper rectangle shapeJapanese Uchishiki Embroidered Buddhist Altar Tablecloth This is a vintage Japanese Buddhist altar tablecloth, or uchishiki. Made of silk, the backside is white with a floral chrysanthemum and paulownia pattern while the front is a light brown background detailed gold designs featuring the mythological bird Ho oh which has been a longstanding motif in Japanese Buddhism. Uchishiki is mainly used by followers of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism on the upper table