Textile sample

Japanese

Bakumatsu to early Meiji era

mid-19th century

Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk plain-weave gauze, hand painted (kaki-e)

Dimensions 52.3 x 29.1 cm (20 9/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number98.352

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile sample with design of a dragon in a cloud in shades of gray on a pale green and yellow ground created by hand painting (kaki-e).

ProvenanceGift to MFA in August, 1898