Bedding cover (futonji) decorated with falling cherry blossoms probably made in the Tōhoku Region, late 19th-early 20th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Cloth: cotton; shibori (tie-dyeing), indigo dyeexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fund and the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation; purchase from the Thomas Murray Collectionexpand_more 2019.20.85
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This bedding cover (futonji) consists of four large and eight smaller rectangular cotton panels. It is decorated with a vertical pattern of cherry blossoms carried by flowing water, a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life. Different types of shibori, a tie-dyeing technique, created the motifs: ori-nui shibori (folded and stitched tie-dyeing) for the water and makiage shibori (winding tie-dyeing) for the cherry blossoms.
Details
- Title
- Bedding cover (futonji) decorated with falling cherry blossoms probably made in the Tōhoku Region
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 2019.20.85
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murray et al. 2018, pl. 63
- Curator Approved
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