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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
Dimensions
61 × 54.8 cm (24 × 21 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays
Reference Number
2001.211
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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.
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
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