Gorgeous Set of Four Traditional Japanese Deer Hair Brushes from Former Woodblock Printing Studio 1924 but rarely find them

but rarely find them

and I presume meant to live inside a frame that would conceal the unfinished bottom edge

Based on others similar I have had

signed AHD along the very bottom edge and dated 1817

This one made me very happy to find--an 1802 copy of Aesop's Fables

Gorgeous Set of Four Traditional Japanese Deer Hair Brushes from Former Woodblock Printing Studio 1924 but rarely find themOh, I find these the most beautiful things and am loathe to let them go. They are a set of traditional handmade Japanese deer hair printing brushes, sometimes referred to as "peony" brushes from what I understand, after the shape of the flower in bloom. This set, I was told by the (very wonderful dealer) I purchased them, came from a longtime woodblock printing studio in Japan that was closing (which seems the only means of acquiring them) and clearly