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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
18th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crepe (chirimen) ground, stencil resist-dyed (suri-hita) and stitch resist-dyed (nui-shibori), embroidered with silk (shishû) and couched with gold-wrapped thread (koma-nui)
Dimensions
142 x 150 cm (55 7/8 x 59 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of fans, fruit, flowers and bamboo in white, yellow and black on a reddish-orange silk crepe ground, created by stencil and tie-dye techniques, and embroidered with reddish-orange and green silk and gold-wrapped thread; made from Genroku era (early 18th century) kosode fragments.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915