Silk fukusa, embroidered gift cheapest cover with kusudama flower ball, antique, Japan

Almost square fukusa or ceremonial gift cover, decorated with a kusudama (decorative flower ball) with flowers of the four seasons (cherry blossom, peony, chrysanthemum and pine).

Fine embroidery in vibrant silk colors and gold thread on red soft silk.
The back of cheapest the fukusa decorated in gold-thread stitching with a mitsu tomoe crest.

Japan, Taisho or Showa era, ca. 1920s-1930s.

H 14 x W 12.5 inches

Excellent condition

Kusudama are decoratations. Today, they are mostly made by way of origami, but originally, they were made of real flowers.