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Panel

Panel

  • Place of origin:

    Fukuoka, Japan (made)

  • Date:

    late 19th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Resist-dyed and woven bast fibre (<i>asa</i>)

  • Museum number:

    T.99-1957

  • Gallery location:

    Japan, room 45, case 7

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This length of kimono fabric has been patterned using a method known as kasuri. In this technique sections of yarn are bound or tightly compressed prior to being dyed. The dye does not penetrate these areas when the skein is dipped in the dye bath. The binding is then removed, leaving a yarn that is partly white and partly coloured. This is then used as the warp and/or the weft, and a pattern emerges as the cloth is woven. Great skill is required on the part of the dyer, and the weaver, to ensure that the design appears as planned.

Physical description

Egasuri ('picture kasuri') panel of bast fibre with a design of carp and waves reserved in white on indigo.

Place of Origin

Fukuoka, Japan (made)

Date

late 19th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Resist-dyed and woven bast fibre (asa)

Dimensions

Length: 140.0 cm, Width: 33 cm, Length: 55 in, Width: 13.25 in

Descriptive line

Panel of resist-dyed bast fibre, Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, late 19th century

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

J. Earle (editor). Japanese art and design: the Toshiba gallery. London: V&A Publications, 1986. p.169

Production Note

Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Subjects depicted

Carp (fish)

Categories

Textiles

Collection code

EAS

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