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
Tiger among reeds
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Description
This tiger is probably based on a painting by a contemporary artist such as Takeuchi Seihō or Kishi Chikudō, or perhaps a photograph. The odd proportions of the tiger may have been a result of the designer struggling with Western-style perspective, or with the angle of the close-up photo. This design was sold by the Kyoto silk manufacturer Iida Shinshichi (Takashimaya). (Exhibition number 32)
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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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probably Iida Shinshichi (established 1831)possibly copyist of Kishi Chikudō (1826 - 1897) (artist)possibly copyist of Takeuchi Seihō (1864 - 1942) (artist)
- Associated people
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Iida Shinshichi (established 1831) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- silk, dyed black, and embroidered with coloured silk; wooden frame
- Dimensions
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frame 88.5 x 97.3 x 7 cm (height x width x depth)
textile 57.5 x 76 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.
- LI1956.13
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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. 32 p. 148, illus. p. 148
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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