Clothing marked with a family crest is called Montsuki. The kimono was sent by William G. Holmes, who was stationed in Japan with the United States Army in 1947, to his sister Dorothy.
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
This bamboo futaoki bears a configuration of the tsubo-tsubo design, an element of the Sen (Urasenke) family crest. Futaoki of painted bamboo are considered more formal than those made from fresh green bamboo, but are less formal than those made...