Fukusa (Gift Cover)
1800-1850 (made)
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Fukusa of silk tapestry weaving, depicting Urashima rides on a dragon-tortoise. In browns, whites and greens, on a pale blue ground edged with brown.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry weave silk |
| Brief description | Fukusa, tapestry weave silk, Japan, Edo period, 1800-1850 |
| Physical description | Fukusa of silk tapestry weaving, depicting Urashima rides on a dragon-tortoise. In browns, whites and greens, on a pale blue ground edged with brown. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Lt. Col. G. B. Croft-Lyons FSA |
| Object history | Registered File number 1926/6626. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Takemura, Akihiko. Fukusa : Japanese gift covers. Tokyo: Iwasaki Bijutsu-sha, 1991, Plate 112, pp. 278-279, 295. ISBN 475341325X |
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| Accession number | T.175-1926 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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