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Panel

Panel

  • Place of origin:

    Japan (made)

  • Date:

    late 19th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Painted, ribbed and cut velvet

  • Museum number:

    T.104-1971

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image unavailable

In the Meiji period (1868-1912), elaborate velvet pictures such as this panel were made in Japan for both the export and domestic markets. They were produced by first painting an image onto woven but uncut velvet. Some areas were then cut, producing tufted pile, but most areas were left as horizontal ridges. This velvet picture is of the Yomei-mon gate of the Tôshôgû shrine at Nikkô. The shrine is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), the first Tokugawa shôgun, and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Japan.

Physical description

Cut and painted velvet picture panel of the Yomei-mon gate of the Tôshôgû shrine at Nikkô.

The family crest (mon) of the Tokugawa clan appears on the pedestal lamps flanking the main staircase, which dominates the foreground of the picture. Immediately behind is the main gate of the shrine.

The velvet pile is reserved for the principal elements of the buildings and for the pine trees; detail features have been subsequently painted in, either on the pile or the ribbed ground.

Place of Origin

Japan (made)

Date

late 19th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Painted, ribbed and cut velvet

Dimensions

Length: 66.5 cm, Width: 61 cm, Length: 26.5 in, Width: 24 in

Descriptive line

Velvet picture panel, Japan, late 19th century

Categories

Textiles; Architecture; Wall coverings

Collection code

EAS

Qr_O74931
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