About This Artwork

Painted by Saeki Ganryô
Japanese, active c. 1901/25

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century

Patterned side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); painted with India ink (sumi) and gold paint; lining: silk, wrap-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikire awrase); silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges; corners: silk, knotted and re-piled fringe tassels
61 x 54.8 cm (24 x 21 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.211

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, "Dressed in Splendor," 1987

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes allerton Textile Galleries, "Fukusa and Furoshiki: Splendid Japanese Gift Covers and Wraping Cloths," July 17–November 17, 2002

Publication History

Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Dressed in Splender. 1987. p. 39, no. 56.

Akihiko Takemura. Fukusa, Japanese Gift Covers (Tokyo: Iwasaki Bijutsu-sha, 1991), pp. 15, 152-153, pl. 17.

Ownership History

Acquired by Hays: July 9, 1971. G.T. Marsh & Co., San Francisco. #7051. "140 yrs. old.
Panited by "Gan Rio," i.e. Ganryô."