Japanese umbrella 'No-Kodai' Steel a heavy steel creature that

a heavy steel creature that sits proud of the hand rather than wrapping it

and a striking

Stand still and it reads like a long indigo skirt

easing the break-in that bare wooden sandals once demanded

A japanese-style folding fan carrying a painted Mount Fuji landscape on bamboo

Japanese umbrella 'No-Kodai' Steel a heavy steel creature thatThe umbrella blending blossom, lotus and a stone bridge This umbrella gathers several scenes into one canopy. Across an off white ground, a flowering branch with small birds spreads at the top, a single pink lotus sits to one side, and a misty stone bridge and village drift across the lower half in soft lavender ink. It reads like a folding screen, each section telling its own part of the story. The mix of motifs is what makes it interesting: the