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
Pair of macaque monkeys on a branch, one grooming the other
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Description
These beautifully observed Japanese macaques were possibly based on a painting by the Nihonga artist Kishi Chikudō (1826-1897), who worked as a textile designer for the leading Kyoto silk manufacturer Nishimura Sōzaemon (Chisō). Images of Japanese monkeys, whether in paintings of on decorative arts, were particularly popular among Westerners. (Exhibition number 27)
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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
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Artist/maker
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possibly copyist of Kishi Chikudō (1826 - 1897) (artist)
- Material and technique
- shioze (ribbed silk), dyed light-brown, and embroidered with coloured silk; zelkova frame inlaid with metal fittings
- Dimensions
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frame 63.7 x 68.6 x 7.5 cm (height x width x depth)
textile 40.9 x 45.7 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.
- LI1956.9
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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. 27 p. 140, p. 28, illus. p. 140
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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