Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)Discover exquisite embroideries, dyed silk and velvet panels, tapestries, and appliqué works
Group of cockerels among grasses
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Description
The design of this panel is based on a painting by the artist Itō Jakuchū (1716-1800), from his celebrated 30-scroll set, the ‘Colourful Realm of Living Beings’. Originally held at the Kyoto temple of Shōkokuji, the set entered the imperial collections in 1889 and was occasionally exhibited in Tokyo thereafter. The paintings became a popular subject of Japanese textiles in the early 1900s. Note the highly skilful cutting of the velvet. (Exhibition number 40)
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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late 19th century - early 20th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Artist/maker
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after Itō Jakuchū (1716 - 1800) (artist)
- Material and technique
- yūzen-birōdo (dyed silk velvet), pile partly cut; wooden frame
- Dimensions
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frame 128 x 72.2 x 2 cm (height x width x depth)
textile 114.6 x 58.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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cut,coloured › dyed › resist dyed,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
- Accession no.
- LI1956.5
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 9 November 2012-27 January 2013, Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan, Clare Pollard, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 40 p. 166, illus. pp. 166-167
Past Exhibition
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Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
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- returned to owner
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