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Buddhist textile
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning (ginran)
Dimensions
272 x 62 cm (107 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number10.117
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist textile with design of dragons and clouds in silver gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a dark blue twill ground; plain-weave hemp (?) backing.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 21, 1910