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Bedding cover (futonji)
Japanese
late Meiji
late 19th–early 20th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Cotton, indigo, ikat (kasuri)
Dimensions
Length x width: 148.6 x 132.1 cm (58 1/2 x 52 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Wayne E. Nichols and Tomie Nagano in memory of Towako Ogasawara
Accession Number2012.1070
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
DescriptionBedding cover of four strips of fabric seamed together. Dark colored indigo blue with white geometric patterning creating through ikat (kasuri) weaving. Top and bottom edges are raw, while the edges are selvedges.
Provenance1989, sold by an antique shop, Kyoto, Japan to Tomie Nagano, West Roxbury, MA; 2012, gift of Nagano to the MFA. (Accession date: December 12, 2012)