Hanging Scroll
early 20th century (made)
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This length of cotton, now mounted as a hanging scroll, probably once formed part of a bedding cover, or futonji, created to celebrate a wedding. The design is of a shell-matching game which was played with a set of clam shells. Identical pictures were painted on the inside of each pair of shells, the aim of the game being to match up the pairs. The imagery would have been auspicious for a newly married couple.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Resist-dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Tex, Japan, resist-dyed. Length of cotton mounted as a hanging scroll, Japan, early 20th century |
| Physical description | Length of blue cotton decorated with Kai awase- the shell matching game: hexagonal box, tassels and a set of shells are stencilled in shades of orange, green and grey. Some of the shells show their inside decorated with landscape, birds, flowering branches etc. Mounted as a hanging scroll, part of the mount is stencilled with a blue and white check design. |
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| Summary | This length of cotton, now mounted as a hanging scroll, probably once formed part of a bedding cover, or futonji, created to celebrate a wedding. The design is of a shell-matching game which was played with a set of clam shells. Identical pictures were painted on the inside of each pair of shells, the aim of the game being to match up the pairs. The imagery would have been auspicious for a newly married couple. |
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| Accession number | T.212-1964 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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