Advanced Search 
Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo and early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, indigo; plain-weave, stencil resist-dyed (katazome, aizome)
Dimensions
Height x width: 8 7/8 x 6 9/16 in. (22.6 x 16.7 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.473
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of squares containing various auspicious symbols: seven jewels (shippô-mon), hat of invisibility (kakuregasa), magic mallet (tsuchi) and chrysanthemum (kiku) stenciled in white and indigo blue on an indigo blue ground
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898