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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk gauze-weave (sha), hand drawn paste resist-dyed (yûzen, shiroage)
Dimensions
Height x width: 8 3/4 x 7 1/16 in. (22.3 x 18 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.220
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of cranes in white, created by the yûzen process, on a dark purple silk gauze ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898