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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
late Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; center: satin-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning (kinran); border: plain-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number24.89
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with central design of temple gongs (chôban) and linked hexagon lattice (kikko-mon pattern) in gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a black silk satin ground and a four-sided border with design of folding fans decorated with flowers, Chinese characters and linked hexagon and squares (shokkô pattern) in green and gold silk supplementary weft patterning on a blue plain-weave silk ground; black plain-weave hemp (?) backing.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on February 7, 1924