Image

Z0005997.jpg

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Textile

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Culture

Japanese, Edo

Title

Textile

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1700s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Square: 66 cm (26 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

04.1455

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Nuance in Nature
Birds and Flowers in Japanese Textile Design
Feb 16, 2007 – Jul 08, 2007

Label copy

The combination of motifs woven into this fabric: cranes, dragons, flowering peonies, and paulownia, all connote imperial rank and suggests that this textile may have been produced for imperial consumption or gift offering.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Japanese
Textile, 1700s
Silk, metal, paper; continuous supplementary weft patterning
Square: 66 cm (26 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 04.1455

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