Mystery Ikat, Teal/Bronze Drawings on Ivory, Oshima? Vintage Kimono Silk from Japan, By the Yard #313 Nature Hexagon-shapes which in Japan signify

Hexagon-shapes which in Japan signify tortoise shells

They almost look like sashiko stitches

just a blue mirage

It has no drape and a little body

Mystery Ikat, Teal/Bronze Drawings on Ivory, Oshima? Vintage Kimono Silk from Japan, By the Yard #313 Nature Hexagon-shapes which in Japan signifyAll done in the weave, we think this may be a 'non certified' Oshima silk; it's certainly a difficult, detailed weave, very smooth, sleek, soft silk, and our translation on our phone thinks one of the figures woven in black near the fringe says "Oshima" and or "Large Island". The dark teal and brownish bronze figures are reminiscent of Kanji; they almost seem to sparkle because of the character of the intricate weave. A story, a newspaper, a village