Cloth Item Number: N2.74 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular white cloth with dyed designs. Along the upper edge is a border with a checkered pattern of five thin lines intersecting with one thick line in light blue. At one end of the border is a large tree motif inside a hexagon shape in dark blue. There is a row of black Japanese characters near the bottom edge. There are two selvage edges and two raw edges.
History Of Use
Temple banners
Narrative
Collected by the paper making library & museum, Tokyo, between 1957 and 1959.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Collected between 1957 and 1959
- Owned by Paper Making Library & Museum
- Owned by Anne M. Smith before October 1968
- Received from Anne M. Smith (Donor) during October 1968
What
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Paper Making Library & Museum and Anne M. Smith
- Received from
- Anne M. Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Collection Date
- between 1957 and 1959
- Ownership Date
- before October 1968
- Acquisition Date
- during October 1968
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0153/0020