Book of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseFiber
JapaneseHanging scroll; unspun silk filaments embroidered on woven silk
15th centuryJapaneseVegetable-dyed, handspun cotton with stenciled paste-resist decoration
18th-19th centuryJapaneseBook of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)
19th-20th centuryJapaneseResist-dyed gray silk crepe (chirimen) with "twilight dying" (akebono-zome) designs utilizing paste-resist (yuzenzome) and hand-painted techniques; selected motifs embroidered with polychrome silk and gold threads
19th centuryJapaneseBrocade
18th centuryJapanese