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Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Japan · late Edo period (1789–1868), 1797 · Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts Lining: Bast fiber, plain weave; inscribed with India ink (sumi)

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Japanism paper (fiber product)textile liturgical - buddhist weaving late edo silk (fiber)ritual objects Religious/Ritual Object

Credit lineUchishiki (Altar Cloth). late Edo period (1789–1868), 1797. Japan. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Ralph E. Hays in memory of Mary Van Artsdalen Hays. CC0.

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