18th century
160 x 119 cm (63 x 46 7/8 in.)
Vegetable-dyed, handspun cotton with stenciled paste-resist decoration
18th-19th centuryJapanesePale green-blue silk with cloud motifs painted in gold pigment; additional motifs embroidered in polychrome silk and gold threads
18th centuryJapaneseSilk
18th centuryJapaneseRamie with vegetable dyes and mineral pigments; stenciled and free-hand paste-resist decoration applied on both sides of fabric
18th-19th centuryJapaneseMulticolored ikat-dyed silk with patterning in supplementary gold wefts; floral motifs embroidered with polychrome silk threads
18th centuryJapaneseDark blue silk with "kinran" gold brocade; selected elements made of orange silk with supplementary gold wefts
18th centuryJapaneseVegetable-dyed banana fiber, plain weave
18th-19th centuryJapaneseVegetable-dyed banana fiber; "ro" weave
18th-19th centuryJapanese