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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.474
Title
Katagami Textile Stencil (1 of 2) with Arrow-Feather Stripe (Yabamejima) Design, Flowers and Geometric Forms
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
stencil
Date
Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210045

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One of a pair of chūban (medium-sized) sheets of minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving), "hikibori" (pull-carving), and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
Dimensions
paper: H. 32.5 x W. 42 cm (12 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.474
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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