Textile sample

Japanese

Bakumatsu to early Meiji era

mid-19th century

Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk plain-weave gauze, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)

Dimensions 26.7 x 34.4 cm (10 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number98.350

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of carp in a river with water plants in gray, tan, blue and green created by the yûzen technique.

ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 1898