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Festival banner (nobori)
Festival banner (nobori)

Festival banner (nobori)

Datelate 19th - early 20th century
Maker Japanese
Object number89.162
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Beyond The Tanabata Bridge: A Textile Journey In Japan (Washington, D.C., Textile Museum, Sept. 10, 1993 - Feb. 27, 1994; Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Apr. 17 - June 26, 1994; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Mar. 12 - May 28, 1995).Published ReferencesRathbun, William Jay, Seattle Art Museum, "Beyond The Tanabata Bridge: Traditional Japanese Textiles", 1993 Seattle, Washington pg. 51, 144
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection
Dimensions24 x 300 in. (60.96 x 762 cm)
MediumCotton cloth with freehand paste-resist decoration (tsutsugaki) and hand-painted pigments and ink decoration
Photo: Paul Macapia
Banner fragment (nobori)
Japanese
1842
Object number: 89.122
Photo: Paul Macapia
Child's kimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.130
Child's ceremonial kimono
Child's ceremonial kimono
Japanese
late 19th century
Object number: 89.103
Child's ceremonial kimono
Child's ceremonial kimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.106
Horse trapping (uma no haragake)
Horse trapping (uma no haragake)
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.119
Photo: Paul Macapia
Horse trapping (uma no haragake)
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.120
Photo: Paul Macapia
Kimono-shaped bedding (yogi)
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 89.143
Photo: Paul Macapia
Bedding cover (futonji)
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.144
Theatrical or festival robe (hitatare)
Theatrical or festival robe (hitatare)
Japanese
20th century
Object number: 89.118
Child's kimono
Child's kimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.109
Photo: Paul Macapia
Veil kimono (kazuki)
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.138
Photo: Paul Macapia
Bedding cover (futonji)
Japanese
first half 20th century
Object number: 89.148