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Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Kinran and Karaori

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This brocade makes use of gold thread, creating a composite that shimmers. the warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of light blue, dark blue, yellow, mauve, silvery white, and muted green threads. Two textile fragments have been sewn into a gold background. On the left is a rectangular segment of a blue and green dragon among clouds. The right segment is a floral decoration of a variety of plants and colors, interspersed with horizontal lines.

Century

17th to 18th centuries

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1972/2.44.1

Medium and Support

silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran); Noh robe fragment, karaori (Chinese weave

relevance

rank 14.20268

Primary Keywords

brocade (weaving)

clouds

dragon

flowers

flowers (motifs)

gold (metal)

gold-work

panels (costume components)

Title

Document Box (ryoshi-bako)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Lacquer ware box with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration combining geometric patterns, flowers, dragons, and scepters.

Century

17th-19th century

Object Creation Date

1615-1868

Accession Number

1972/2.108

Medium and Support

black lacquer and abalone shell inlay on wood

relevance

rank 13.65444

Primary Keywords

boxes (containers)

flowers (motifs)

Title

Uchikake (Wedding Cloak)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The apple-green fabric is pure silk brocade, woven in an overall pattern of maple leaves scattered on a flowing stream—an allusion to a famous classical poem. Lying on top of the brocade is a thick layer of embroidery, with plum blossoms in red silk, and pine branches and doves in dazzling metallic threads of gold, silver, and copper.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1920-1980

Accession Number

1986/1.215

Medium and Support

silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran), embroidery and couched metallic threads

relevance

rank 13.50596

Primary Keywords

embroidery

flowers (motifs)

kimono

wedding

Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Obi Brocades

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

The colorful strips of brocade at the top and bottom of this panel feature a woven design of ivy and peonies entwined around cartwheels, bamboo, and stylized diamonds. A wide rectangular fragment of an obi (sash for kimono) lie at the center of the textile. It is an almost abstract design of boats tossed in a frothy sea. The warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of mauve, and muted purple, blue, and green threads.

Century

17th to 19th centuries

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1972/2.44.2

Medium and Support

brocade with gilt paper (kinran nishiki) & float stitch embroidery (watashi nui)

relevance

rank 13.38659

Primary Keywords

brocade

brocade (weaving)

flowers

flowers (motifs)

gold (metal)

gold-work

panels (costume components)

Title

Plate with three vase design (one of five with 1964/1.100-103)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan

Physical Description

A circular, smaller white porcelain plate. On the upper surface, three vases, similar in shape, are shown overlapping diagonally in blue background. The two outer vases run off the plate’s rim. They are outlined in underglaze blue and are against a painted light-blue background. The left vase is covered with a white glaze (which left unpainted) under a red key-fret design. The center vase is totally covered with a white crackle pattern done in blue underglaze line. The right vase has a design of evenly-spaced red flowers. Precise flat bases are combined with a rather awkward suggestion of a three-dimensional view of the lips. The back has a triple representation of peony buds surrounded by fine branching stems and leaves. On the shallow foot, bold lines are drawn in a row like a comb. The design on the back is all drawn with blue underglaze. (Referencce: Becker, Sister Johanna. “A Group of Nabeshima Porcelain.”)

Century

Early 18th century

Object Creation Date

early 18th century

Accession Number

1964/1.104

Medium and Support

porcelain with blue underglaze and enamel overglaze painting

relevance

rank 13.36066

Primary Keywords

flowers (motifs)

plants

plates (dishes)

vases

Title

Flowers and Grasses

Artist

Watanabe Shikô

Physical Description

Realistic flowers and grasses, painted with vivid colors on a hanging scroll.

Artist Life Dates

1683-1755

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 18th century

Accession Number

1964/2.65

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

relevance

rank 13.21846

Primary Keywords

flowers (motifs)

grasses

japan (nation)

scroll paintings

Title

One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

A checkered gold brocade foregrounds five fragments of textile: a square in the middle surrounded by four cornerpieces. Each textile has a different design, some with butterflies, birds, and other floral motifs.

Century

19th to 20th centuries

Object Creation Date

1860-1926

Accession Number

1972/2.44.9

Medium and Support

silk brocade (nishiki) and silk brocade with gilt paper (kinran)

relevance

rank 12.42501

Primary Keywords

birds

brocade (weaving)

butterfiles

flowers (motifs)

gold (metal)

goldwork

panels (costume components)

textile