Thursday, July 2, 2009

keibunsha shop


my select from the wares of keibunsha. another reason to go back to kyoto soon.

i am not sure how anyone could go past an onigiri purse

the above is a book cover.





this is a tanpopo (dandelion) hairpin.


an owl cushion


for some reason this is sideways, but it is a single stem vase
above is a zabuton (floor cushion)


14 comments:

  1. Eeep! The cushion! The slippers! I love these so...

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  2. lovely selection! so delicate, and beautiful!...and the shop is amazing?!

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  3. if i were you, i would go head over heals to Kyoto and by everything, this is all so nice!!!!
    i have a nice fashion book of the Kyoto Costume Institute, did you ever see it?

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  4. hi kate, yumi and renilde! i know, they have such a beautiful collection, don;t they? such a lovely eye for wares they have...i am scheming to get over there again as soon as possible:) these things combined with their amazing range of books and magazines, it must surely be a little slice of heaven...renilde, no, i have never heard of the costume institute - that sounds amazing! maybe one day we can see some pictures on at-swim-two-birds;)

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  5. wonderful selection! I especially love the first bowl! ah kyoto... I wanted to go there this spring but the swain flu was getting big there so I couldn't make it. zannen! kyoto daisuki desu.

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  6. hi hiki and emma! that bowl is to die for ne:) swine flu is bigger in melbourne i think maybe? - but no one wearing masks or anything! zannen - kondo!~ and emma, glad you like:)

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  7. OMG!!! Onigiri purse! How CUTE!!!!!!!! I love!
    Thank you so much for sharing this cute little secret with us!
    I hope you have a lovely weekend pretty thing!
    Love Love
    Hello Sandwich
    xxx

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  8. Now just stop it, will you? I can't handle pics of gorgeous Kyoto pottery just popping up in front of me like that. Grrrrrr. It's just too hard being so far away some days.

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  9. hi ebony and kylie! i know, the onigiri purse - just an absolute delight ne:) that bowl is number one on my list of desirables at the moment:)

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  10. Oh, these are great stuff! I love the onigiri purse!! I am so curious how they made... Lovely!!

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  11. So beautiful things! Thank you for these dreams.

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  12. How very lovely, all of it.

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