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Description

Pictorial ikat futon cover. The cover is dark blue with light white-blue depictions of fans with floral motifs. The back is unlined.

Specific Techniques

One layer of futon cover constructed from weft resist-dyed (kasuri or ikat) cotton fabric. Fabric woven from resist-dyed weft threads according to a pictorial image (technique known as picture kasuri (e-gasuri). Prior to dyeing, sections of bundled, stretched out weft threads are tied to resist the subsequent indigo dye baths. The ties are removed and the fabric is woven. Threads may have been tied by one of two techniques: 1) by employing a picture board (ezu-dai) and guide thread (tane-ito) upon which an image is transferred, extended, and used as a guide for tying, or 2) a technique known as koba-jogi in which a design is drawn on slats of wood or paper that are subsequently laid one after another and used as a guide for tying. Fabric has been dyed with indigo dye and woven in a balanced plain weave (each panel includes four repeats of pattern). Four widths of fabric have been hand-stitched together to form futon cover.

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