Unknown Maker, Japanese
Culture
Title
Furoshiki (wrapping cloth)
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
silk Geography
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Place Made: Japan
Dimensions
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Length: 71.1 cm (28 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Japanese characters create the faces of the figures and also give their names: Ono No Komachi (the only woman) in the center. If she is right side up, the other poets are, clockwise: Ariwara no Narihira, Bun'ya no Yasuhide, The monk Kisen, Otomo no Kuronushis (there is a macron over the first o of Otomo) and Bishop Henjo (there is a macron over the o in Henjo).
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Object Number
55.452 Type
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