Very Dark Small Ikat Hanabishi Water Chestnut Vintage Stiff, Bouncy Hemp or Ramie? from Japan By the Yard #406 11/16" Button almost scratchy

almost scratchy

True Meisen ikat with intentional 'blurry' edges between the colors

The back is much lighter

Our supplier in Japan translated the old tag (now gone) as about 50/50 Silk and Hemp or Ramie

This is a true ikat

Very Dark Small Ikat Hanabishi Water Chestnut Vintage Stiff, Bouncy Hemp or Ramie? from Japan By the Yard #406 11/16" Button almost scratchyFrom a distance it seems solid black, brownish black or greenish black, then as you get closer you can see the infinite number of tiny reddish brown and taupe four petaled Water Chestnut flowers with raindrops, perhaps, in between them. It's so thin and light that it's almost see through in some lights. Both sides are just the same. It's quite stiff, with body and bounce, not supple at all, and we're guessing it may be silk, hemp and cotton, or