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Textile sample

Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
Late 19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk plain-weave crepe (chirimen), hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)
Dimensions Height x width: 10 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (26.7 x 40 cm)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.244
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of seaside landscape with houses and two figures in the foreground and sailboats in the distance in gray, brown, orange, green and blue, created by the yûzen process.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898