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
The Nakaso Barrier
- loan
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Description
The Nakoso Barrier was an ancient checkpoint in the north of Japan, famous as the spot where the heroic warrior Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106) stopped to compose a poem about mountain cherry blossoms. Nothing is known about Seppō, the maker of this panel, but a very similar oshi-e panel by Seppō was exhibited at the Venice International Exhibition of 1897. (Exhibition number 44)
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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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c. 1895
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Artist/maker
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Seppō (active late 1890s) (embroiderer)probably Tanaka Rishichi (1847 - 1902)
- Associated people
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Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039 - 1106) (subject)
- Material and technique
- silk, dyed gold, padded, probably with silk and paper, and decorated with dyed and painted silk appliqué (oshi-e), and possibly hair; wooden frame
- Dimensions
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frame 51.3 x 69.2 x 3.3 cm (height x width x depth)
44.5 x 62.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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dyed,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
- Accession no.
- LI1956.7
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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. 44 p. 179, pp. 31 & 32, illus. p. 179
Glossary
oshi-e
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oshi-e
Padded figures made of silk and other fabrics, mounted onto a panel or screen. This technique dates back to the 16th century.
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
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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