Textile ArtsJapanese18th century

Long Brocade with Chrysanthemum Crests (served as a wall hanging to place behind the Shotoku Taishi Shrine)

Late Edo period, late 18th to early 19th century

Classification

Textile Arts

Medium

Silk and gold

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

313.3 x 132 cm (123 3/8 x 51 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Yamanaka Shoji Co., Ltd, Awata Kyoto (by1956)], sold; to Ellery Sedgwick, Beverly, MA , (1956-1960), passed; to his wife, Marjorie Russell, Beverly, MA (1960-1971), inherited; by Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., Gates Mills, Ohio, (1971-1991), inherited; by Walter Sedgwick, San Francisco, (1991-2019), partial and promised gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.